October is Domestic Violence Awareness

 

It is not necessary to try to understand why, but rather being a strong tower of prayer. Being someone who is trustworthy for a person in trouble to see he/she can trust you as a confidant.

Can God trust us with His people, His Tangible Beloved?

1 Corinthians 13-4-7 (AMP) "Love endures with patience and serenity, love is kind and thoughtful, and is not jealous or envious; love does not brag and is not proud or arrogant. It is not rude; it is not self-seeking, it is not provoked [nor overly sensitive and easily angered]; it does not take into account a wrong endured. It does not rejoice at injustice, but rejoices with the truth [when right and truthful prevail]. Love Bears All Things..."

Signed, Learning to Love In-Spite of...

 

 

Surviving Change

My Voice, My Story...Surviving Change

Life happens to each one of us; the key ingredient is how we handle it. 

At times life APPEARS shipwrecked, so one jumps into a 'Life Boat/Raft' to only find one's self needing a higher method of rescue. 

It's all about the process! Can we be trusted with the method of development to obtain the promises of God. Survive the Change! No one is EXEMPT from the roar of the storm. How one governs the billows and breakers dashing determines the capability, trust & worthiness of next level living. 

Remember it's imperative for us to call to the Lord during the stressful times of life. Our Father (God) will always calm the storms of life, (paraphrased from Psalm 107:28-29). 

Abide in His shadows...Why, because shadows move, so as one abides, this means we move with Him. He must stay with and in Him so He (God) can be our refugee and our fortress. Trust in Him (Read Psalm 91). 

Signed, Surviving the Dancing Breakers and Roaring Billows ️🏾

My Story, My Voice...

My Voice, My Story…I’m Different

What does a phenomenal women ‘LOOK’ like to you? Or, should I ask what are your perceptions and/or understandings of a phenomenal woman?

Well, to ‘Me’ being A Phenomenal Woman in ANY sense (Spiritual and Natural) if about being “Transparent and Authentic.” So, you can understand my stance I’m providing the definition that I will be working with for both words. Transparent is being open, frank and really candid about the matter at hand. Authentic is simply being genuine about self; the good, bad and ugly. Being unapologetically me! Being unapologetically me, simply means I may tell more about me, my struggles, my failures, my emptiness, my heart, my tears, my life, etc. Many may think “I don’t believe I would have told that” well, guess what? You are NOT me!

Healing My Soul!

On Friday, March 20^th will be 17 years that I have worn someone else’s last name. But, things are convoluted in reference to the past seventeen years. As FB says, It’s Complicated!!! And, the struggle is real…so many times, in an attempt to save face, I smiled instead of screamed, laughed instead of cried, internalized instead of finding a field to externalize.

This is not about how life handed me lemons and I am trying to make lemon-aide. I’m tired of lemon-aide and all its artificial sweeteners. Every artificial sweetener has a side-effect. The worse of the side-effects is how they leave you so thirsty and increase your appetite for an illusion and delusion of your own life. You see, as a woman after God’s own heart, attempting to be an example, I’ve discovered life happens to us all. The problem I am finding is that as a Woman of God, the place I should be able to seek help, there is no help because there are too many mask. Yes, I’ve worn that mask too! But, the mask finally cracked…the leak in my heart caused the adhesive on the bandages to dissolve. As the bandages began to fall off, one by one, I became afraid I would began to bleed on others. But, I refuse to bleed on others…I am determined to be a part of the healing process for many. Ministering beyond the walls, ministering to the Whole Woman and being a Phenomenal Woman of God comes with a price tag that is priceless. I desire to be a PWoG whose life is about more than pretty articulated prayers, quoting all the right scriptures, dressing in the proper attire, etc.  

I CHOSE to be one who is transparent! I Chose to Reveal, so I Can Heal! Not afraid of the conceptual perception of others, because the reality is this: No earthly being has a Heaven or Hell to place me.  

Sharing snippets of Me…Miles of Me! Stay tuned, more to come J

 

Signed, My Naked Seventeen

Usable Brokenness

     Brokenness makes one whole, again...Learning to find direction from the expended emptiness of one's yesterdays.

 

     Once upon time, love was found in what appears to be all the wrong places. It's amazing how forgiveness and unconditional love becomes a 'One-Way' journey. Closing one's eyes traveling back in time; one finds there is | was an assortment of flashing insignia along the course. Instead of stopping to read and reflect on all the warning signs, traveling to an unknown destination with eyes wide closed, one became loss in familiar territory.

 

     Yesterday's tears turned into ice and became a skating rink, to slide into today's brokenness. But, today's brokenness leaked something usable for tomorrow's survival. Unfortunately, life can issue one Great Falls and all the King's men and all the King's horseman can't mend our brokenness or put us back together, again. Knowing there is usability in one's brokenness...reality becomes complicated as one stands peering at the icy elements, praying that the heart of woman doesn't become as cold, harden and daggered as the sickles hanging from the awnings.

 

     Lord, mend all brokenness! You are the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords! Use the brokenness as a warning sign, allow others to be healed after witnessing one surviving during the winter season, let others acknowledge that without God, this level of endurance is unattainable.

                  This Brokenness is Opening Doors for Greatness!!!

 

 

Signed, Broken for Purpose

     

It's All About Sisterhood

     As the founder of Phenomenal Women of God, Inc., I would like to acknowledge my sisters in Christ for hearing and pursing purpose, in the creating of a 'phenomenal Sisterhood.' My Sister's Keeper International!

     This sisterhood was created after a group of women came together for a 21-Day Daniel Fast in January 2015. The commitment to the 5am morning prayers and the Monday - Friday evening devotionals was outstanding. God developed such a hunger and thirst for more in many of the women. Out of this 21-Day commitment, came My Sister's Keeper International; this is sisterhood is continuing with morning prayers Monday - Friday at 5am and an once a week 'Girl Talks,' on Thursday evenings. The Thursday evening Girl Talks evolved into more than spiritual devotions, but getting to the heart of the matter of discussing Real Women Issues...! Yes, the sisterhood is a group of women who love serving the Lord, but who understand there are 'Real Life Issues' we each face daily.

     Special shout-outs to my sisters Danyle Wilson and Claudia Donnell for a vision of greatness for women. Who said a group of women cannot co-exist in a group and get along? Well, in striving to understand different personalities and comprehending we each do/have face(d) diverse life challenges, it's all about learning one another and being willing to accept others right where she is in life. No one can change another person...so, it's about choosing to 'love' a person right in the heart of their nakedness. This is what My Sister's Keeper International is ALL about!!!

     Do you dare to love your sisters in their Nakedness??? If so, check out My Sister's Keeper International in the open Facebook group. You want regret taking the sisterhood plunge.

Signed, Learned to Stop Being What | Who I am Not...