Although you were born a winner, you must expect to win! Of course, you set your mind to win. I mean, who doesn’t? Then you start planning and preparing to win. However, somewhere along the way, life starts doing what it does, making you question whether you’ll ever win. When this happens, do you stop planning and preparing? Do you stop expecting to win?
Because if you don’t expect to win, you probably won’t win!
Listen, I don’t know about you, but this new wave of hope has made up for all the disappointments of the past few years. I can finally see the dream again so clearly. It hadn’t left me, but it was becoming pretty blurry. But I see it now!
Y’all, humanity will win!
Please allow me to take a moment and express my gratitude:
GOD—Thank You, for loving me. For loving us!! Thank You for not allowing my dreams to die. For keeping hope alive. I am blessed. WE are blessed. Amen🙏🏽
This is all I have for now. Remember, you are already a winner. Expect to win!♥️
Lately, I’ve been a little more quiet than usual. Been taking more breaks from the outside world and focusing more on my world and my relationship with God. The world around us is changing and so am I.
Yes, I’m changing.
Nothing’s wrong. I just am.
I’m changing, and I’m navigating through it all with God leading the way. He’s taking me somewhere (not sure where), and I need to stay focused so I don’t miss any steps.🙏🏽
If you’re ever in doubt about where life’s taking you, take a moment and sit with God. He’ll lead you to where you need to be.
This is all for now. Thanks for taking the time to visit my world. I pray that you have a beautiful day! May it be filled with lots of love, joy, and peace.♥️
All the work women fought for to have our voices heard and respected as equal—gone.
Yeah… I’m going to need a minute. I cannot allow my own hope and optimism to die like everything else. I cannot and will not allow my heart to become hard because love is everything to me. What is the world without it? So, this will probably be my only post for today. I need to connect with God. I don’t know or understand what He’s doing, but I still trust Him. However, right now, my heart hurts.
I was so hurt. Devastated! Yet I still trusted God and respected His plan. Now here we are two years later and my heart is smiling and so full. As I mentioned back then, hope, optimism, and love are everything. I thrive off them.🌱
Here’s a quote I shared this morning under Shaun’s Daily Inspiration–
“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance.” –John Lennon
Y’all, fear causes so much chaos. But love brings us together, and hope and optimism keep us together. We must keep all three alive.
I can’t say it enough, I just love the way God loves me. He always knows how to make me smile. I am so very blessed.🥰
This is all I have for now. Be sure to show yourself a little extra love today. I’m planning to repeat what I did last Saturday and unplug after I make a few posts. It’s a DND kind of Saturday.☺️
Wishing you much love and peace. Have a blessed day!♥️
Happy Monday!☀️ Not sure why I feel the need to mark this date (note the title), but it feels as if today is going to be a significant one.
This morning, I saw a short clip by A. R. Bernard, Sr. and decided to include one of his key points in today’s inspirational posts.
“Never judge a season by what it feels like when you’re in it, because it could feel like the last place you want to be, and yet it’s the first place you need to be for what God has in store for you.” –A. R. Bernard
Where you are right now is where you need to be. God is preparing you for what’s ahead.
If you don’t feel this message, I certainly do. I can feel the change. I can feel a shift happening. I’m so grateful I was obedient this weekend and put my phone on Do Not Disturb. I needed that intimate time alone with God. No outside voices or thoughts. Just me and God.
For a few days now, I’ve been dreading this day because I didn’t know how my emotions would be when I woke up. Would I be sad? Would I grieve? Would it just be another day? Well, today I woke up feeling neither sad nor grieving. However, after scrolling through my Facebook memories, I decided to share my experience from seven years ago.
On October 5, 2019, my brother celebrated his 46th birthday. Several days later, he was admitted to ICU, and about a week or so after that, he was gone.
While checking my Facebook memories to see if I had made a birthday post on that day, I saw the post below and decided to share it. Y’all, this particular post drove my anxiety level through the roof! I logged off social media afterward because I was so overwhelmed. You know how you can feel something is about to happen, but can’t pinpoint what? Well, that’s where I was. The caption in the post kind of explains what I was experiencing.
October 5, 2019
The confusion and tears were so real.😔
Here’s what I shared in my journal entry on the same day:
Oh, today and sometime last week, the “Everything happens for a reason” popped up on social media. When I mentioned it today, I only referred to this particular time period. About an hour ago, I remembered that this year started off with the song by Zhane, “Reasons.” For about a month, it was my theme song. I couldn’t get it out of my head. Now, here I am, close to the end of 2019, and I’m hearing it again. God is working.
In the post, I used the hashtag #GodIsWorking, and as you can see, I ended my journal entry with “God is working.” Even though I was experiencing anxiety like crazy, I still believed that everything that was happening—and, unbeknownst to me, would later happen—was still under God’s control. I trusted whatever God was doing.
Now, here I am seven years later…
A lot has happened in seven years. Y’all, I’m sooooo glad I stopped hearing Zhané’s song “For A Reason.” Talk about traumatized every time I heard it after my brother’s death.
Oh, and I had forgotten to mention that my mom (not my brother’s mom) was admitted to the hospital the day before. What a crazy time that was!
My thoughts are still the same today as they were back then— “Rest assured, God’s got you [us]. He already has everything worked out. Just trust Him.”
The other hashtag I must mention before I end is the last one in my post— “Your purpose is too great to give up.” Whew! Talk about powerful! I had no idea what was coming. I’m so grateful I didn’t give up!
Today’s going to be a beautiful day because God is in it and still in control. Despite everything that happened seven years ago, I still trust God and His plan.
I pray you have a wonderful day and week. May both be filled with love, joy, and peace.♥️
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