Courageous Beauty Krystal Mitchell

A stumbling block but a Chief cornerstone

1Peter 2:7-10 KJV
7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

I'm here to say I'm not a fan with injustices of God's people. Especially black people because I'm black but the situations of this current world is yet at a state of emergency across the board. How can we truly be mad at another race of people when we cause confusion in our own house, in our own back yards, in our own camps, neighbors, in our cities, in our own states, in our own country!!! Not just the world alone but the very body of Christ has seen so much confusion and division. It ought not to be so, as believers, kingdom citizens, children of the Most High God we are supposed to be the light of the world not living in the dark with the world. Yet we stop to fix our lips to ask God why bad things happen. We can't forget that Jesus said they hated him and would hate us too. No matter black, white, right, wrong or indifferent we ALL are God's children and we should learn to leave in love and harmony. Instead from what I've seen Christianity is one of the most construed, and criticized belief systems because the bottom line is to cause division and cause folks to deny what Jesus has done for us. It makes me lean in even more to God because he already foretold us what would come and now that we see things unfold before our eyes we all act surprised. He actually told us...

Matthew 24 KJV


Destruction of the Temple

1. And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
 2. And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

3.And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 
4. And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
 5. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 
6. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 
7. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
 8. All these are the beginning of sorrows.
 9. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. 
10.And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 
11. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 
12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
 13. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 
14. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

I think sometimes people only think what the Bible says literally only applies to the folks of that time. Well im here to tell you that the Word of God is timeless, alive and will live on forever. We have to keep in mind in this life God never promised us that we wouldn't face hard times. Even with us being his children he covers us through the hard times not necessar

You are not dead, God is not done!!!
Jesus died so we can live and have life more abundantly. He said he wouldnt leave us comfortless because he knew there would be times we would need a comfort. In order for great things to come about we must tread high waters, and step over serpents.

But God made a promise to us in Isaiah...

Isaiah 43 KJV

Isa 43:1-2 KJV
1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

So even in the mist of our trails and tribulations Jesus, Whom is the very Word of God said greater works will we do! He said wait! and you after the Holy Ghost is come you shall be endowed with power from on high! Power to overcome the world as Jesus has already obtained the victory! So now that Holy Ghost is on the inside of us we know that Greater is he that is in us than he that is in the world! Jesus was in the world and now is risen and sitted at the right hand of his Majesty on high and his Holy Spirit at the moment of our confession of him being our Savor have been saved from our sin and equipped with power at the same time!!! we have the power

Beloved I pray that above all else that you be in good health and prosper even as your soul prospers!

As long as we have breath in our bodies God is yet giving us another chance to align our lives to his will.

Isaiah 43 3-21 KJv

3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
5 Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth; 7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.
10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God.
13 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
14 Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.
18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters

Don't let your passion for something turn into pressure that could crush someone instead of influence them.
You are the light of the world, a city that cannot be hid. Who would hide their light under a bushel instead you would put it in a lampstand for all to see. The Bible says we are living epistles read by men. So we ought to live our life accordingly. We need to let our light so shine that men(mankind) will see our Good works and glorify our Father in heaven. So when we find ourselves so passionate about something we don't need to pressure others we just need to live by example and allow the Holy Spirit to lead us and the power of influence which is also the Love of God will cause others to be lead to Christ.

John 12:32 KJV
32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.

He was the seed that had to die under the pressure so we could have the promise of abundant life!!

The thing is we don't have to force-feed any of the gospel. We also don't have to force our hearts desires and passions on others. We want others to worship God out of their own desires not ours. We also want folks to support us and be in our corner when we are going for something but that doesn't have to look like a screaming match to get support. That doesn't have to end up in offense because someone doesn't want to partake in what you are doing. Sometimes we must walk alone for a season and if we know that we know in our knower(spirit) that God has called us to do something he might just send you first. It doesn't mean your loved ones don't or won't support YOU, it means this is the vocation God has for YOU as an individual. Now if others are influenced by the way you live your life for Christ by walking in your truth, trusting the Lord all the way through your journey, while exemplifying the love of Christ, then let it happen organically.

There has been times in my life that I have been so passionate about sharing the love of Christ to people and some receive what I'm saying and some don't. That's OK. It really is ok because as long as I'm being obedient to the call that God put in me it doesn't matter who won't follow, and or heed sound doctrine, advice or the very Word of God. It only matters that I planted the seed, God will water it. We are not Jesus Jrs he is the one whom can save anyone he is the only one that died for our sins and bought us with a price and rose again and is our savour!!! So with all of that in mind be a firey one for Christ be passionate and courageous but you don't have to have this spiritual chip on your shoulders walking around like a holy ghost bully just looking for offenses and opposition to come. Trust me you will have enough opposition as a believer as it is, you don't need to create opportunities to offend folks or to get offended. Let folks believe what they want to believe. Our Job if God gives us a task is to deliver in love and let the chips fall where they may. Trust me I've come a long way. I used to be so stressed out trying to save people and telling people about the word of God and getting angry if they don't listen. Listen honey it's a hard and long fall to the ground are emotions and ego can go to if we are not careful. Whatever you believe God might be saying to others you have to eat that word first! So don't allow your passions to turn into pressure, it will only crush someone not influence them. If someone needs to be crushed God will do it. He might use us to speak a word that will pull back a layer or two but it's never our job to force feed anything to anyone. God is such a loving father he doesn't force himself on us. He says what needs to be said and gives us a choice to follow what he commands. Now there are consequences for disobedience also but he still gives us the chance to get right.

Deuteronomy 30:19
19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both t

Jesus was the ultimate wounded warrior!!!

Isaiah 9:5-7 KJV
5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire. 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

Isaiah 53:1-12 KJV
1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.



The chastisement of our peace was upon him. All the while he didn't stop pressing. Knowing his end even before his beginning in that he was literally born to die, stepped out of his rest in heavenly home; he thought it not robbery to trade in his glory for an earth suit in pursuit of his most prized possession, Us!!! Jesus was wounded for ours transgressions waging war on anything and everything that suffered the kingdom violence, so violent took it by force with his own life. He laid down his life for his friends. Jesus not only suffered physically for us but mentally as he was tempted on all points of life but without sin! Even in Garden of Gethsemane he sweat blood from what he knew what was coming upon him! But yet he said nevertheless and forged on!!!

Mark 14:32-36 King James Version

32 And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.

33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;

34 And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.

35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.

36 And he

I will do

Isaiah 42:9
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.


Isaiah 43:19 King James Bible
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

Isiah 43:19 Amplified Bible
“Listen carefully, I am about to do a new thing, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even put a road in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert.
The earth operates within the realm of seasons and we follow and track the seasons because it gives us revelation of the times we are in. Therefore after the leaves have fallen  then the ground is cold and hard we call it fall then winter. Everything that once bloomed has now fallen away and is now laying dominant for a time but even though it appears to be buried under the leafy rubbish, cold wet grass, mud, and some times snow it's really the roots are being nourished by the once bloomed but now fallen leaves, fruit, and triggs. It takes time for a plant/tree to bloom because the roots need time to grow deep and if the budding was exposes to the elements it would die out. So everything that has appeared to have fallen by the waste side in the winter time is really fuel to a fixed harvest that is coming in the spring time! Even our time springs forth!!! So I say man and woman of God to spring forth!!!



2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

Your winter, your seemingly buried life is over! In fact you were not buried you were planted for a season for such a time as this!!! You were being nourished by everything that seem like it didn't work out. Every cold eye, every cold shoulder God was allowing your roots in him to grow-growing your character so that in him you can spring forth that you can be all new in Christ!!! Therefore God says he is doing a new thing but in order to accept the new season you must first shed the old!!! You can't put new wine an old wine skin because it would burst because what God is doing in you is a new thing and the old no fits you. No longer is made to hold what you once knew, what you once believed,  who you are now, what you experienced is fuel for your spring time so spring forth!!!


Exodus 17:6
Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink." So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.


The thing is sometimes it takes for us to strike the rock of our trials and tribulations as appearing as obstacles in our way to access the living waters that are on the inside of us in the mighty name of Jesus!!! All the while when we felt like we were buried under cold hard circumstances the rain began and the ground begins to soften again and now our budding breaks through! God reveals new ideas from our suffering,  our peace is less and less snatched, we are less distracted because we know we have a purpose to fulfill, a call to answer, and duty to pursue! So spring forth a new,  refreshed and following in the Love of Christ! Spring forth brand new and allow the light of this season to penetrate your frustrations and bloom baby bloom!!! Spring forth as rivers of living water pour out of you and allow yourself to step into your newness! All your faith to sprout like a fresh leaf on a tree that has just seen the sunshine and belongs there. You belong here, God woke you up this morning no longer buried by missed chances and broken opportunities. God has planted you in this season to be fruitful and not allow what was to contine to be, spring forth!!!

Even time has to obey God the night appears longer in this season as we have stepped into daylight savings time. What that means to me is that he is allowing the sun to take it's time to show up  so that it will seemingly appear our days are light

Ephesians 4:2

2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.


I had a situation where a co-worker was really petty, rude and offensive to me. Especially if a make a mistake and it really started to way on me because this person trained me and it feels like sometimes this person's word is bond and it's almost like one minute we are cool but the moment I don't do something this person doesn't like it's a problem. Instead of just saying plainly what the problem is- it turns into passive aggression! We got really cool talking on our phones now all of a sudden it's back to zoom we go. I confronted the elephant in the room very kindly because I don't like Confrontation but more than that I don't like tension and uneasy work environment. My co-worker said everything was fine. However, you can tell in short answered responses and ego trips that it's not. So I decided to do what the scripture says and kill that person with kindness. I'm praying to be genuine as possible because I don't want to come off fake because I'm not fake. I'm annoyed but we are all human and have emotions and have outliner things going on in our lives that can unfortunately sometimes spill over to other areas of our lives. So with that being said I will pray for my peace, temperance, and ask the Holy Spirit to help me to control my emotions and I will do what Matthew says to do....


Matthew 5:37-48 KJV

37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

They key scripture in this passage is
Matthew 39. But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
In other words Jesus wants us to forgo retaliation especially personal offenses. We dont have to entertain pacifism our go so far as to not get ourselves out of danger but as followers of Christ he will avenge our honor. So in other words, Jesus is my lawyer and will go to bat for me and plead my case. Remember if God has the heart of kings in his hand how much more can he handle little meaningless disputes. There were and unfortunately still times when folks would wage war to protect his own honor with swords modern-day guns over what someone said and it would and stills ends in blood baths. This ought not to be so. The Bible says In Espesians 4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: but the problem becomes when we try to step in the place that Jesus said he would set into to avenge us and wr take matters into our own hands. We don't need to worry about
invasions of character we are to tolerate it, thus turning the other cheek.

In fact...
Rom 12:17-21 KJV
17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. 18 If it