Season of Giving

We are just a few days away from Thanksgiving, this season known for a time of family, gracefulness and giving.  What are you grateful for?  What does family mean to you?  Most importantly, what are you giving?  All good soul searching questions I think we should be asking ourselves daily and then taking that information and doing something.  The United States was hit with some powerful storms this year, it was an awesome time of gratefulness and giving and appreciation for our loved ones.  Many people came together to help those in need, which was much needed amidst the negative spirit that lingers over this nation currently. 

Well I’ll start, I’m grateful for my faith in God, as life constantly changes, He remains unchanged!  I am certainly  grateful for the many material possessions, but more importantly the loved ones I get to share them with.  Family to me, are the people God places in my life to be a part of my daily life’s challenges and celebrations.  Some are by blood, others are by love.  It is the people I can go to for a laugh, to be silly and share in my deepest moments.  Lastly how am I giving?  I hope that this post gives someone a quiet moment to stop and just be present.  To acknowledge all of God’s goodness and relish  in the love they have all around them.  But, I am also giving encouragement, charity donations and support.  Sometimes the smallest things we do can have the largest impact.  I have received some great gifts over the years, but those gifts break, stop fitting and stop meeting my current needs.  That’s why the best gifts I have received have been time spent making life long memories with those I love.  Not every gift has to cost you.  A smile or a compliment might be all someone needs to keep pushing through their day.  I hope you will take some time today and make a kind gesture that could change someone’s day.

I’ve done my soul searching for today, now why don’t you do yours, and share with a friend.  We can all use a few quiet, positive moments in our daily lives.

Living Out My Prayers 2016

Sitting on this airplane and in the airport during a delayed flight gave me lots of time to think.  I feel soooo blessed.  I have endured so much in my lifetime but even in spite of all of that God has always kept His hand on my life.  I take no credit for who I am or what I have because it has been all Him!  People have come and gone but He has always blessed me with the people I needed!  My parents would be so proud of me, I never gave up, I kept fighting and I kept living.  My goal in life is to live a life pleasing to God, be happy and enjoy those He placed in my life.  Blessed beyond measure!  I fought so hard to get to days like this!!!  I swear 2012 was supposed to take me out of here, I saw some of my darkest days in that year.  But God!  And I know if I can get through that, with God I can get through anything! 🙏🏾 #LivingOutMyPrayers2016.

Trust in God’s Plan, Even in His Timing

As a young girl growing up in church I was always taught about having faith and how it only needs to be the size of a mustard seed.  And that if you trust in God everything will work out.  But what happens when you have that small amount of faith but nothing is happening.  You’re praying, you’re fasting, you even started volunteering but still nothing is happening.  You may feel as if God has forgotten about you.  I surely have been there; it can become a thin line between doubting God and just thinking He’s given up on you.  Well one thing you can count on is that He definitely doesn’t give up on us!  He may be the only person that won’t ever give up on us.

There is a quote that says God answers our prayers in three ways: Yes, No and Not Yet.  Of course we only want to hear Yes, but we need to hear no and not yet for several reasons.  We need to hear No to appreciate every time we heard Yes.  We need to hear No because Yes has something ahead we are not prepared for.  We need to hear Not Yet to prepare us for when Yes becomes the answer.  It can become very hard to wait on the Yes, but it will be worth it!  The true faith is in trusting God’s plan for our lives, but more importantly trusting Him for His timing.  We have free will in the actions we make, but God will always have the last say in the end result.  So trust God and His timing, it will always work out for the best!