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Life

Remain Open to Love

Shaun Bradford

Had a dream about turtles last night. Not just one particular kind but several different turtles. Two, in particular, stood out. There was this huge turtle with a turquoise shell with a baby turtle beside them. Then there was this other turtle that I first thought was a new kind lizard. It kept following me in a playful way. Now y’all, I am afraid of lizards but I love turtles. Well, I wasn’t afraid of this particular lizard. I finally turned my attention to it and discovered it wasn’t a lizard but a turtle whose shell had come off. It led me back to its shell and I attempted to put it back on. I taped it together with some clear packing tape and it was happy. Then it really followed me everywhere I went. There was also a tiny snapping turtle in my dream but I ignored it.

Of course I googled the meaning of seeing turtles in a dream but there were so many that I decided to interpret it on my own. Well, this is what came to me while I was attempting to draw a turtle and while this one particular song kept playing over and over in my head. Hadn’t heard it in forever… I Don’t Have the Heart by James Ingram. Talk about weird.

My interpretation:

It’s okay to protect your heart. However, you have to also be open to be loved. You cannot be so protected that you do not let love in. I am now realizing that that particular song is the song that has kept me from letting love in because in my experience, that was how the relationships I wanted always ended. “I care about you but…”. I have to stop assuming my story will always end that way. Guess I will never know if I stay guarded. Time to see what happens…

That’s all I have. Supposed to be getting ready to attend a conference, but know I couldn’t miss a day of sharing. I’m now on day 814, I believe.

Love you!♥️

Shaun

Life

God is LOVE

Shaun Bradford

I’m not sure if it’s the Zyrtec that has me extra sensitive today or what. I just know that I am seeing so much love across my timelines. I can also feel it surrounding me. Okay… maybe it is the effects of the medication because I am by myself at the moment. But y’all, I really do feel love and feel loved.

God is working. He’s doing some beautiful things in this world, and I am beyond blessed to witness it all.

God is LOVE and I am so grateful that He loves me.♥️ ~Shaun

Life

Hmmm…

Shaun Bradford

Have you ever found yourself worried about what others would think if you did XYZ? Even if you don’t want to admit it, you know you have. Well, while you were deep in thought trying make sure whatever you were planning was acceptable or palatable for others, at any moment did you ask yourself, “What will God think?”. Will He approve? Will He disapprove? Will He get the glory?

In my opinion, most of the time we consider God’s thoughts after we have already made our decisions. Although His thoughts do matter to us, we tend to believe He could not possibly understand human affairs. I mean, how could He? Especially in today’s world. So we do our thing and leave Him to handle the spiritual and supernatural stuff.

Question–What would happen if we consulted God first? Would we do what He wanted us to do (y’all remember WWJD)? Or, would we do what we wanted, then ask for forgiveness later?

I believe most of US (because I’m definitely included in this) hear that still small voice saying, “I’m here. My thoughts matter,” and we tune it out until we need help. Just pitiful. Lol

Just thinking: Would a harmonious world be boring? Does conflict keep things interesting? Guess that’s a question only God can answer. Smile. My thought – Conflict is necessary. Who wants to live in a world of Barbies – fabulous movie. Yes, I believe conflict is necessary but should never become violent.

Anyhoo, let me go before I write even more. This Zyrtec is really kicking in.

Love you! Enjoy your day.♥️

Shaun

Life

Pray & Worship

Shaun Bradford

Happy Tuesday!

This morning I visited my Facebook memories for inspiration for today’s blog. Well, I found a lot of inspiration and wanted to share it all but decided to only share a few.

Facebook Memory: August 8, 2022

Caption: Once you experience something, it’s impossible to unexperience it. Your life is forever changed by that experience.

You cannot unknow, unsee, or undo anything that has already happened. All you can do is adjust and move forward. Life…

Facebook Memory: August 8, 2022

Caption: How are you waiting? With or without expectation? You know, “Whatever happens, happens,” OR “I’m expecting exceedingly abundantly above all that I ask or think.” Me. I’m doing the latter. I’m EXPECTING great things to happen!💃🏽♥️ Today’s 8/8. New day. New week. New beginnings.🌸

Lately, that’s the message I have been seeing everywhere – wait with expectation. Expect great things to happen. Kinda sad though. About two weeks after sharing that post my mom had a stroke and never fully recovered. Whew…

I’m going to end with this video by my fav, Mr. Tyler Perry. The actual Facebook memory from August 8, 2018, was a snippet of the sermon he delivered (yes, he preached – smile), Climb and Maintain.

Climb and maintain means to pray and worship. As we know, life is going to do what it does. No matter what we’re going through we must continue to pray and worship. I know sometimes it’s easier said than done, but it works. Believe me, it has gotten me through some really tough times. Had to make myself do it yesterday and it worked!

This is all I have for you today. Praying you have a wonderful day. Be blessed.♥️

Shaun

Life

Patience: Part 2

Shaun Bradford

Story time…

So, for those who follow me on social media know that I have multiple accounts across different platforms. I use most of these accounts to share things I’m passionate about – food (food pics for my foodies and nutritional information); health and wellness (information, resources and events); and inspirational messages (my own and others). Well, for the past few days, I have had issues posting things to my accounts on Facebook, which is where I have my largest following. I reached out to Facebook several times through their Help/Support feature and received no assistance. Yesterday I googled and tried everything suggested, and still nothing. However, I found a work around using Meta Business but could only share my original posts but could not re-share others’ posts. Finally (around yesterday evening), I gave up.

That was yesterday…

First thing this morning, I was back at it. That’s when I finally posted today’s blog about patience and letting go and letting God work it out. In the meantime, I did find that I was still able to use the repost feature on Instagram to re-share others’ information. It’s a wonderful feature but time consuming when it comes to re-posting posts that include multiple pictures and videos. Yes, I do post to my story but my followers on Facebook are more engaged with the actual posts than the stories. If this makes sense.

Anyhoo… just as I was about to become frustrated AGAIN, I logged into another one of my accounts and found that whatever glitch that was happening had been resolved on that account. I can now post and share from that account which is connected to all of my other accounts (Pages).

Y’all, God is good! That was really bothering me. There are so many events happening this week that people really should know about, and not being able to get the word out was really weighing on me.

Whew!! Breathing… It’s too late for breakfast so I guess I will finally eat lunch.

I guess this blog can be labeled as a rambling because I know I rambled in this one. Please forgive me if you cannot follow or understand what I have written. Just had to get this testimony out. Again, God is so very good! Amen

Shaun