Shine!!!!!!!

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." -Marianne Williamson

via Moptop Maven

Look How Far We Come

I have the blessing of keeping journals (I haven't been dedicated with constantly writing though, lol). The blessing isn't the actual journal but the entries. It is just amazing to look at my entries from 2-4 years back and I also have some as far back to High School! I can honestly say I can't believe how far the Lord has brought me. I look at the entries in moments of distress, when I am crying out to God, when He reveals things to me, etc. and I am truly amazed. I am determined now to keep up with my journal entries so that I can look back on it 10, 20 years from now and just see what was going on in my head, how God turned things around, and just how amazing He is and always will be. I encourage you to write your thoughts out and see how much clearer your mind feels. Be blessed.

Compromising......

“Now therefore fear the Lord and serve Him in sincerity and in faithfulness….” Joshua 24:14a ESV (Bolded by me).




I hate when I find myself in a place where my words doesn’t mirror my actions. Lately, I have been asking God to make sure my “Sunday language” (I love this phrase. It means the things I say in church) matches my everyday lifestyle. Let me tell you: never ask God for something because when He delivers on His side you will have to deliver on yours. I can say the past month; the past week even has been an eye opening experience. I realize there are areas in my life that I will not compromise with and than there are areas where I would and I shouldn’t at all. I realized that I have reached a point where I love God more than wanting approval from peers, co-workers and friends. I want to please Him and make Him happy; so that requires a no-compromise on my part in many areas. Why a no-compromise? When people see that you are CONSISTENT (there goes that word again) and your lifestyle lines up with the word of God, you can draw people to Christ because your “no” is always “no” not “yes, on the weekends” and “no during the week”. If we compromise in certain areas of our lives when the word tells not to we become a hindrance to the
 building of God’s kingdom instead on a help. Let me use an illustration for you: imagine a wall is being built and you are assigned to a certain section. You make the bricks and build the wall. You have a certain list of ingredients and a mock up of how the wall should look. You decide you will use your own ingredients or skim on some and build the wall the way you like because the mock up and ingredients list is to hard to follow and will take too long. Soon, part of the wall that is being built start to crumble, but it’s not just your part of the wall that’s starting to fall it’s the WHOLE WALL! If you did your part the way you were supposed to, it wouldn’t have happened. That’s how it is in our walk with Christ, God lays out a plan for us and we know for a fact it’s not a bad one (Jeremiah 29:11). He even illuminates the way for us in His word (Psalm 119:105) which is our guide book with all the ingredients to make this life a good one. If we swerve from the path and still try to do the work and confess with our mouths and not with our lives, we will push people further from Christ instead of closer because we decided to cut corners.


We are ONE body (Romans 12:4-5) (arms, hands, feet, toes, fingers, back, legs….you get the picture) and we must work TOGETHER. Body parts can’t operate apart from each other, imagine how we would look if one hand decided to go one way the other another way and our feet in two different directions= absolute chaos! That’s how it is in the body of Christ. We all have certain functions, duties and gifts that TOGETHER work for the building of the church and kingdom. So I have to do my part and you have to do yours and that means INSIDE and OUTSIDE of the church. If you feel like I do, like there’s areas in your life that you compromise aware and unaware bring it before the Lord in prayer….I warn you, He will answer and there maybe things that you may not like about yourself when He reveals it but the blessing is knowing that you have a Father in heaven who loves you and wants you to be more like Him. So when He reveals it to you ask Him to work on those areas in you (you may have to do work as well, don’t be lazy! Lol) and watch the difference it will make. That being said, I (finally) close with this over-used quote: “If you don’t stand for anything, you’ll fall for anything.” That statement packs a punch when you really think about it. What are you not standing for that is allowing you to fall? Be blessed.

Old Year Done, New Year Come

Jeremiah 29: 11 always comes back to my memory when I think about this years highs and lows. There were few highs but they were so awesome that they totally outshadow the lows. I have to say that I've been blessed. The New Year is going to be so mindblowing amazing that I am just going to enjoy what time I have left now...Can't wait to share....Happy New Year & Be Blessed.

A New Normal- Our Daily Bread

Just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. —Romans 6:4


"After my doctor announced that I had cancer, I tried to listen to what he said, but I couldn’t. I went home, pulled a blanket over my head, and fell asleep on the couch, as if sleeping could change the diagnosis.

When I finally gained enough strength to tell my loved ones, my friend Judy Schreur said something especially memorable. After expressing her sympathy, she said, “This is what will happen. You will feel really bad for 3 days. Then you will get up, figure out what you have to do, and get on with your life.” Then she added, “I think it has to do with death, burial, and resurrection.”



At the time, I didn’t believe it. I was sure that life as I knew it was over. Nothing would ever be the same. I couldn’t imagine feeling normal again. But she was right. Three days later I woke up and realized I didn’t feel quite so bad. And little by little, despite the physical misery of chemotherapy treatments, my emotional and spiritual condition improved significantly. I “died” to my old reality and was “raised” to a new normal.



Thankfully, God is in the business of resurrection. For those who have died in Christ, the death of one reality means resurrection to a new, glorious normal so that we can “walk in newness of life” (Rom. 6:4)."
 — Julie Ackerman



"Jesus redeemed us and died in our stead;

In Him we died and rose from the dead.

No longer is death a thing that we dread;

The old is behind us, the new is ahead." —D. De Haan



"To be “in Christ” is to share in His life, in His death, and in His resurrection."





*Changes your perspective on the death, burial and resurrection; doesn't it? Lol, be blessed and remember Jesus died so we may live.

Happy Quarterlife to Me!

It’s my Birthday!!!!!!! I am so excited and sooo blessed! I thank You Lord for allowing me to see another day and another year. I also thank all my friends and family who continued to keep me in my prayers; and those who prayed for me when I didn’t even know they were doing so. I feel so humble and so grateful that God has allowed me of all people to see another day; another year. I am forever grateful and in awe of His mercies and grace. I thank God for allowing me to se 25 years, and if it be His will 75 more! Lol. I close chapters and leave the past in the past. I move forward; there’s no looking back. I played Damita Haddon’s song “No Looking Back” this morning on my way to work. It really speaks to me. The song goes like this: “I am leaving this place now; letting go of all my fears, saying good-bye to the memory I hold dear. I can finally breathe again; it’s a new day fair well past, as I close this chapter I set free at last- I made up my mind, there’s no turning back. The past is behind me, there’s no looking back. I’m looking forward not behind; I’ve made a decision, I give you my life. - Every step I take is new. I found courage to go on; though it’s rough sometime I still have to be strong. I may have to walk alone, but the One who lives inside me is always there to comfort and to guide…..” I love this song! Lol. I am truly blessed!

God You Are Good!

There’s a song that a psalmist I know named Minister Courtney Bradley sings that says “Who am I, that You are mindful of me?” I have to ask that question time after time. God is so amazing; that it often humbles me when I think about what He is capable of doing. He is so much more that we can imagine. I always think about how God ways are not our ways; and His thoughts our thoughts. We will never be able to comprehend such an amazing mind. He is so awesome in so many ways. I admit there are times when I am not so confident but that’s when we need to remind ourselves who we serve. That changes everything.