I wrote 4 days ago, sharing how I was in a state of reflection regarding my birthday. If you haven’t read it, read Choose to Live Right Now: 6 Days Left of 33. As I sit at IHOP on this Sunday evening at 11:37 p.m., with 2 days left of 33, I can honestly say that I’m now ready for the next stage. You know 1 thing that the Lord has been majorly dealing with me on? Humility. I’m simply humbled to realize how deep pride runs. How natural it is and honestly how good it feels. Pride is deceitful and ultimately destroys (Proverbs 16:18), but the only way to…

Are you living right now? I mean really living. Are you enjoying your life? So often we rush through life, waiting for the next big thing, that we are not really living in the now. Whether we realize this or not, our desire for more keeps us in a continual state of dissatisfaction. We must learn how to live right now. We must choose to live right now. Today I am exactly 6 days away from turning 34 and I’m not excited about it. Actually, I’ve been a bit overwhelmed and discouraged because I haven’t completed a major project that I wanted to be done with before my birthday. Why…

BREAK FREE & LIVE! launches in exactly 10 days and I’m humbled and excited to be able to share it with the world. It has truly been a surreal experience up to this point. I never imagined that it would evolve the way it has. Check out a few pictures from the journey: When Christ sets us free, we are free indeed. As we follow Christ, we are simply walking in faith, often unaware of what lies ahead. Chains prevent us from walking in faith by keeping us attached to the things of the past. In order to BREAK FREE & LIVE!, we must forget those things which are behind…

Courage precedes speaking. You have to be free in order to speak. Are you free to speak? Do you speak your truth? Are you free to speak without adjusting your words to fit the audience? Or, do you adapt your words based on who you’re speaking with? Do you flat out lie in order to be accepted? These are questions we should all face, as our freedom lies in our ability to speak. In this post, I discuss how my freedom was in my speaking. We know we’re free when we’re able to talk about it. When we hide, lie, fake and pretend, we’re still bound. When we are free,…

BREAK FREE & LIVE! will be launching in exactly 38 days on 3.3.19 and the question on the table is this: Are you free? 5 Questions to Determine How FREE You Really Are: Are you free from the opinions of others? Do you quickly react to situations around you? Do you still feel guilty from past decisions? Are your emotions unstable and often negative? Do you battle feelings of inadequacy? I encourage you to answer these questions honestly.  Our situations won’t change until we put forth the effort to change them.  If you answered yes to any of the above questions, BREAK FREE & LIVE! is a must-read. It’s easy to seek temporary solutions…

It’s been 2 months & 4 days since I’ve last checked in, so I want to take the time to update you all by sharing 5 quick thoughts. Though I haven’t been blogging much, I have been working much!  There will soon be many changes coming to the website and you will be the first to know.  I sincerely thank all of my dear readers.  I’m so grateful for the support you have shown throughout the course of this blog.  Since I first started blogging, God has changed my life so much and I know that He has so much more in store! “But as it is written, Eye hath…

It’s the Saturday before school starts, I haven’t blogged in over 2 months, and here I am mid-day with Weslee Nichole sleeping next to me as I update you all.  Summer 2018 is almost over. I went to sleep early last night, well actually I fell asleep, only to wake up at 2 a.m. realizing that I needed to complete the syllabus for my course that starts on Tuesday- the Tuesday that’s 3 days from today.  I work until 7 a.m., sleep until 9, then get up to flat iron Maraya’s hair for her pom pictures. Isn’t she gorgeous? When I look at her I’m reminded of how gracious the…

Life is full of change.  Things change, situations change, relationships change.  When change occurs, we must respect it & move on. Often, we want to understand the change- We ask why.  We may resist the change- We try to force.  We want to deny the change- We attempt to move on as if things are the same, knowing inside that they have changed. Why is it so hard for us to respect it & move on?   Change is inevitable. Changes throughout life represent growth.  If we take a step back and objectively think about it, doesn’t a lack of change equate to stagnation?  Mediocrity?  Even death? Things that don’t grow,…