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My Journey With God, No. 50

Shaun Bradford
Me at my “man’s” (he was 21—barely a man😂) dorm room. We had no idea what we were doing. Lol. Life…

Thought I’d be asleep by now but I am wide awake. The Facebook memory above has me smiling because in 10 days I will have a 30 year old!🎉

When I took that picture, I had no idea my life would be totally different two years later. You couldn’t have told me I would be pregnant, single, and broken, and I’d believe it. There was no way!

I’m smiling because I remember that young girl who was pretending to be a grown woman. She had so much to learn about people and life, but she thought she knew it all. Couldn’t convince her otherwise.

I smile at her innocence.

I smile at her perception of life and people. She believed in everything good.

I smile because she was once me.

I was once her.

I’m still her.

Just older, wiser…and a little lot heavier.☺️

What a journey this life has been. I am forever grateful for the experiences, good and bad, because both made me who I am today. I’m not going to lie, I do miss her.🥰

Shaun

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Good Night (36)

Shaun Bradford

I’m still singing Marvin Sapp’s “Chosen Vessel.” I recently watched a video of Priscilla Shirer explaining how God intentionally chose every part of our lineage, placing us where we are today. It isn’t by chance that we are here at this moment in time. We were purposefully chosen to be here.

Let that sink in…

We were chosen to experience this AI era. We were chosen to go through the next phase of world challenges and changes. We were chosen.

Yes, let that sink in…

So, if God chose us for this specific time and we were not created to fail, we are strong enough to get through anything—but not without God. No, God has to be at the forefront of everything we do and at all times.

We can do this!

Yes, we can do this because We Are Chosen. Smile

I pray you have a restful night.♥️

Love you always,

Shaun

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Chosen Vessel

Shaun Bradford
Covered.

Marvin Sapp’s song “Chosen Vessel” says—

I’ve made mistakes I thought
I’d never recover from
Some said I fell from grace
I just knew I was done
I felt discarded, abandoned and thrown away
But then God’s love stepped in
Restored me to my place
He said

You are my chosen vessel
You are anointed for this season in time
What people rejected
I have accepted
I am with you, you are mine
You are mine

You are God’s chosen vessel. You were specifically chosen for this season in time. How wonderful is that! Listen, allow God to use and work through you. Believe me, He won’t let you fail.♥️

Love you,

Shaun

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Feel Yourself Living In Your Dreams

Shaun Bradford

I was going through videos I had saved in Drafts on TikTok (it will be gone soon😕) and came across this one from almost two years ago (February 2023). I never posted it for some reason or another. I’m pretty sure I found some flaw that kept me from sharing it. It’s funny how small things keep us from living life fully.

Although this video was made for Self-love Saturday, I believe it goes well with today’s theme of never stopping believing. It’s about feeling yourself living in the dream before you actually see the dream. This was the beginning of my mindset shift from being a worker bee to the queen bee. Not in an egotistical sense at all, but seeing myself as the owner of my life choices and ventures. I was having a hard time seeing myself in that space before then.

Today, I am actually where I felt myself in this video. Not physically—everything on that side will happen in time—but mentally and spiritually. Y’all, I’m there…I’m here!! I’m living in my dream. I’m doing what I set out to do many, many moons ago. Yes, I am doing it and I love it! When I tell you, God is so good. So very good!♥️ ~Shaun

Beyond blessed!

On another note…

One downside of creating content on sites like TikTok and YouTube is that you never know when you could possibly lose it all. I pay for extra cloud storage because I am forever creating things that never see the light of day. However, I also use online platforms to store the rest. I know I’ll never be able to save all of my content, but I will attempt to save some. Gotta love life…