Are You In The Fight?

Happy Thursday!!!

To listen to this weeks song for meditation, Click on NO Longer Slaves by Jonathan and Melissa Helser

I think today is a great day to start back on the road to trusting God.

Sometimes the storm may get so hard that it seems like the only way to get any relief is by occupying your mind with something else.

It’s usually not even intentional. That reality t.v show, that delicious sweet you can’t seem to live without, shopping without purpose, internet surfing with no direction, or just becoming a couch potato and watching movie after movie.

Anything to bring peace to your surroundings and current situation.

I’ve buried myself so far down in the rabbit hole that I couldn’t see my way out.

Fear No More!!!

Good News Thursday!!!

To listen to this weeks song for meditation, Click on Total Praise by Fred Hammond

Terror, Fright, Horror, Alarm, Nervousness, Unease, and the list goes on and on.

These are all words that describe FEAR!

Fear: An unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat.

I wrote about my experience with fear awhile back, and I’ve come to realize that fear is a journey.

Even after you decide to face it, you become overtly aware that fear has a lot tricks up its sleeve.

I’ve come to realize that fear is the silent and deadly killer to dreams and aspirations.

It’s so quiet that you’re not even aware that it has attacked or attached itself to you until it’s exposed.

Who’s Calling the Shots? You or Your “Childish” Self

I had the most life-changing experience this past week. In front of 30 of my Sorority Sisters I bid farewell to my 20 year old self. It’s been a long time coming; she had called the shots for far too long.

In 1991, at the age of 20, I attempted to join a sorority; being a part of this sorority meant more to me than anything. But due to a series of mistakes on the part of the undergraduate leaders I was denied admittance. Though devastated I tried again in Graduate School and was accepted. However, the damage had been done; that traumatic event changed my life.

So for 22 years I haven’t had any meaningful involvement with ANY women’s organizations (including the sorority). Every time I’m asked to join one of these organizations I quickly reply any number of convenient excuses: “I’m too busy”, “I don’t have the money”,  “I’m in too many things already”, “It’s not God’s will” (imagine that, blaming God!). I have offered any and every excuse known to avoid becoming involved with any group that has the potential to produce more pain. But this weekend God said, “Enough is Enough!”