Wellness from the inside out, that's the mission for me. What I'am realizing is you can't be truly healthy on the outside if you're unhealthy on the inside. Therefore, I've been intentional about filling up inwardly these days and allowing that to fuel my outer journey of wholeness and wellness. I aspire to remain internally planted this year; rooted in faith, in scripture, in love, grace, confidence, and resilience. I believe this will help me to have a fruitful year and truly flourish. If you’re planning to do the same, keep reading…
Read MoreLately, I’ve been struggling with disappointment in my heart towards God. It stems from what I feel is lack of motion in a particular area of my life. As a result, when I’d go to God in prayer, I’d pray about everything else except this area. It’s like I unconsciously felt that if I touched this area, I’d break, like shattered glass, I’d break all the way down! You see I’d been praying about this desire for what seems like forever so I felt ‘why even bother continuing to pray about it.’ Can you relate? Have you stopped getting your hopes up about something out of fear that God won’t deliver? If so, I want to encourage you..
Read MoreI felt like I was always "the one" waiting on God for something; career opportunities, financial breakthroughs, the right relationship, my own place, a car, even healing in my body. It's funny, sometimes I'd think ‘Lord I'm already waiting until marriage to have sex, can You just give a little on your end so I'm not waiting for everything?’ It seemed like I was waiting for my life to begin, while watching others get many of the things I wanted. Can you relate? If so, you know that some days you're good. You're thankful for where God has you, you have peace, and all is well. Other days, you're having a full fledged kicking and screaming tantrum because you're TIRED of waiting for ______. The last thing you may want to hear is someone telling you about the benefits of waiting, especially if they're not in the waiting room with you. Well girl, I'm still here and I’ve gathered five keys to waiting well that I want to share with you.
Read MoreAre you guarding your heart or are you just guarded? That's the question I felt God was asking me (and one I have to constantly ask myself). I had a history of being guarded in relationships, but now as a believer, I felt like I was doing what God had called me to do; guarding my heart because from it flows all the issues of life (Proverbs 4:23 NIV). Was I experiencing spiritual growth or being led by my past experiences? How would I know the difference? Keep reading to find out....
Read MoreWhile scrolling through Instagram a few days ago, I saw a post that said, ‘Grow Up.’ Though it was very cute, creative, and had plenty of likes, I started thinking about the pressure society places on us to grow…UP. From the day we’re born our lives and even our physical bodies are navigated in the direction of independence. Do you remember those "I'm A Big Kid Now," commercials? Though balanced with some dependence on our family, our prepubescent years are then filled with lessons on how to be mature, with hopes that we would someday be responsible adults; but, what if the focus of our lives isn’t centrally about growing up….
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