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I often share I was raised in church – not as a badge of honor but as a reminder that it helped shape my foundation with God. My mom was a Sunday School teacher and I learned early on that “Jesus Wept” was the shortest verse in the Bible.

While I’ve always known this scripture for as long as I can remember, recently I’ve thought about how Jesus was on earth and experienced the same feelings we felt. There’s a story in the Bible where he was angry and another scripture referencing his weeping when his friend Lazarus died. (That he raised from the dead). In all of his human deity on earth, he allowed himself to feel and have experiences just like us.

Therefore, feelings and emotions aren’t either good or bad; however, we can’t allow them to control us or our actions. Feel your feelings as much as you need to, talk to your therapist, trusted friends, family, and others, and don’t allow your feelings to control you. Knowing that Jesus had human experiences, makes me comfortable to share any of the experiences I’ve had with Him. There’s nothing I can share that he can’t handle.

John 11:35 Jesus Wept.

John 11:38 Jesus was angry.

John 11:1-40 Full encounter of Lazarus resurrection

Last week’s Blog: Identity

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What ten words describe you the best as a person?

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I have time today, I’ll wait for you to write them.

This was one of the questions I received in a devotion on the Bible app called, “My Identity in Christ”.

I’ll share with you my 10 words to see if we have any of the same words! Also, if you can’t think of 10 words, that’s okay, ask a trusted friend and or family member and or read Ephesians 1, 2 and 3. Those chapters have a lot of verses which share what God says about us. Okay, here’s my 10.

10 Words that Best Describes Me

1. Beautiful
2. Loved
3. Whole
4. Unique
5. Intelligent
6. Creative
7. Redeemed
8. Blessed
9. Favored
10. Chosen

To be honest, the first 6 was hard to come up with and after that I had to think for a quick second – what does God think about me? What would my closet friends say about me?

I think often times our identity is so rooted in so many things – such as a career, status, wealth, relationships, titles, materialistic things and so much more. But, if we really sit and be honest – if all of those things are gone, who are you at your core? And does it align with scripture?

Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. Psalms‬ ‭139‬:‭14‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Last week’s Blog: Hacking Yourself

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Some of my friends may disagree, but I can be lazy sometimes by my own standards.

My truth: Since the end of November, I’ve had no desire to workout. My prior gym closed down in November and I was devastated because I finally found something I loved – so it didn’t feel like working out.

I’ve joined two gyms since then and neither feel like home, so I’m still open to exploring more options. Until then, I’m realizing on days I lack motivation after a full day of work I have to coach myself.

The most important person, I’ll ever coach is me. I have to create hacks for myself because no one knows me better than me. I mean I could lie to myself but it would be counterproductive for me – therefore, I’m learning I have to hack myself!

I know if I’m off work, I need to go to work in the morning because if I wait until later in the day – I’m probably going to lay down and take a nap and chill. I’m a component of the motto, to thine own self be true. So, as I learn to get better at hacking myself with grace and flexibility, I’ll share what I’ve learned. Happy hacking day!

I’m curious, what do you do to motivate yourself on days you lack motivation?

Last week’s Blog: Impulsiveness

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Impulsiveness. I think of this word as ready, set go! The dictionary defines impulsive as a tendency to act on a whim, displaying behavior characterized by little or no forethought, reflection, or consideration of the consequences.

I am a fan of people who are able to make decisions. While decisiveness is great because you are able to make an informed decision based on known information, impulsiveness is less rational and may have severe consequences.

I understand there are situations in which impulse decisions can be helpful, but when a decision can be costly for yourself or it doesn’t represent who you are and can be costly for your brand Inc…sit down and consider the cost.

I listened to a sermon message on this yesterday and the Pastor stated, “If you have ever been in a situation and you look at yourself in the mirror like what am I doing here?” or said, “I should leave this place.”- was that decision driven by impulse?

I’m sharing this story because while I am growing my brand, I always want to represent God and myself well. I want to ensure I am making marathon decisions and not decisions based on a sprint for quick results.

What can an impulse decision cost you?

If it cost you your peace, that’s too much!

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Mark 8:36 KJV

Last week’s Blog: Dream Again

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Life – Be lif-ing! It’s tough! But on the other side of things are beautiful moments you can create with family and friends to have joy – when we dream! 

To dream again after difficulty is to say, that as long as I still have life in my body – I have a reason for existing and to dream. I can dream about creating a different life, starting a new hobby, learning a new skill set, taking a cooking class, creating pottery, publishing a new book and so much more. Don’t let the results of past decisions dim your light. Continue to have faith move forward and dream again. The word of God says:

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.”  – Hebrews 11:1

To dream you have to tap in and visualize things before you see them.  I like to dream BIG!

What could or would life be like if you expanded your mind and dreamed a little?

Last week’s Blog: Whew Lawd

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What do you do when you feel you have to walk away from something you truly loved?  This something could be a relationship, friendship, a job, a venture or etc…

I think most people think of grief only when someone passed away, but you can grieve lots of things. 

Y’all know I like to go to Webster for a good definition to help with my understanding. Webster’s dictionary defines grief as a deep sorrow. Okay, that definition isn’t defining it enough so let me look at sorrow. Webster defines sorrow as a feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment, or other misfortune suffered by oneself or others. Okay, that’s better. 

To answer my initial question posed in this blog, I believe you have to grieve a season. To grieve is to say you loved. The presence of grief doesn’t negate that you trust God. But sometimes my plans don’t line up with God’s plans and his plans always supersede mine.

Y’all I love to eat a good meal, but when I’m grieving, that’s not the case. For me, that season is pushing the plate away, I wouldn’t even call it fasting bc it isn’t intentional. I don’t have a desire to eat. 🥹 It’s also been lots of worship, praying, journaling and practicing mindfulness as the scripture says and bringing every thought into captivity. To be honest it’s been rough! 🙃 And at the same time a beautiful mess knowing that God is with me every step of the way. As the saints used to say in church, I’m continuing to pray my strength in the Lord. 

Last week’s Blog: Last Place

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