Greetings!

We are right at the cusp of a new day….a new year…a new season, and I am so grateful…not for the end—but, for the new beginning…

This is actually my last scheduled blog post for 2014. That means that I have been writing this blog for five years. That is crazy to me. I remember writing my first blog post in 2009 after the publication of my book, “Let My Life Be A Testimony.”  I was so excited and amazed at how God had held my hand through that whole process. He gave me each word, and then held my hand when I set those words free. I was so afraid of rejection that it was almost paralyzing—but God. He never left me…not once. That act of faithfulness changed my life, because now I know that no matter what happens…He will always be by my side. He did not have to prove Himself to me, but He did, and He did for no other reason than His love for me.  

Through the last five years I have been stretched in ways I never thought possible, and I am still here. Praise God! I have made mistakes, and because of God’s grace, I know that those mistakes do not define me…instead...they empower me.  Through these “lessons,” I have learned that the only enemy that can stop me from pursuing all that God has for me is…me.

If you are struggling to be all that God is calling you to be…stop struggling. Nothing is going to stop what God has started. Believe in the power of His might, and know that God loves you beyond anything you can imagine. 

"I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms" (Ephesians 1:18-20).

Until next time...

Be blessed

Greetings!

In my last blog post,  I spoke about the season that I have been going through…and I emphasize “going through,” because I feel that God is about to bring me out. He has promised us abundant life, and I am just crazy enough to believe Him.

The “seasons” in our lives are very similar to the seasons in the earth. There is a cycle to everything. Just as spring follows winter, we will have good days, and bad days. The thing is that we need to hold on to the good days. We tend to lean to the negative. I don’t know why…maybe it has something to do with our sinful nature, but we remember that thing that hurt us way faster than we do that thing that blessed us.

For me, this season has been like a boxing match. I have never been in an actual boxing match, but I imagine that it must feel a lot like this. Some days I am so strong, I feel like I could take on the world. Then, there are days when I feel like I would rather quit than keep on fighting. I feel so tired sometimes, but I know that the enemy wants to kill us…literally, and I’m determined that he will not get his way. The word says, "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy" (John 10:10). But, I love what it says next, "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." He is the great "I AM," and what He says is all that matters.

The enemy is always warring against us. The Bible tells us that. We just have to know who wins the battle. We have to keep reminding ourselves that our “battle” is not with flesh and blood. Fighting one another just puts us at a disadvantage. God is pure…undefiled…uncompromising and all-encompassing love, and when we really get that—there is nothing the enemy can do to us. That’s abundant living.

Until next time…

Be blessed