Your Divine Purpose
December 4, 2019As God’s chosen people we all have a special assignment, a mission to accomplish, and a call to a divine purpose which is to bring honor and glory to His name. God designed us for a specific calling, however, due to a lack of belief in ourselves or our current circumstances we place more trust in the “world” than in God’s word. The heavy burdens of our mistakes, the label of statistics and stereotypes, and worse the powerful detrimental words spoken over our lives from other people carries, more weight and authority over who we were originally created to be. Throughout…
Facing Adversity: Encouragement When Facing Trials
In This Life… These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. John 16:33 KJV What happens when…
A 360 Story: Finding Hope on the other side of Grief
At that stop sign is where it all started…the place where life hit and hit hard. As I pulled into our neighborhood after work on December 18th of 2012; seeing Amyia outside with her friends was cool. Usually, I would…
The Holidays Without Our Loved Ones
Coping with the loss of our loved ones any day is not easy however, during the holidays, everything is heightened. On television, we see commercials with families gathered around the table and on social media there are tons of cute…
The New Normal
What once was will never be again… When there is an interruption in your life in which things will never be the same again. After the loss of Amyia I found myself struggling in my grief. I realized very quickly…
Happy Birthday, Amyia!
On September 5, 1999 a sweet baby girl was born, she entered the world surrounded by her family with tears of joy! My midwife, said “its a girl!” (we all expected a boy) Born to two teenage parents, her life…
A Mother’s Day for the Bereaved
We’re strong, a true Braveheart We’re filled with so much love Today brings joy but also pain The fleeting of emotions which are difficult to describe Because a special child is no longer with us We think about them all…
Do You Pray for Your Squad?
our squad is essential to your walk and purpose in life. We all want the squad goals, but do we pray for our squad? Do we ask God to prepare our hearts and to send the people we are suppose…
How to console a Grieving Parent
When a parent loses a child, the pain is unspeakable, its devasting and many friends and family members of grieving parents are unable to identify or give emotional support because in our minds its the worst thing that could possibly…
Steps towards Hope
Hopelessness Is this real… The night Amyia passed away, I sat in my bed. I was afraid to go to sleep and so many thoughts and questions infested my mind. I thought, “This cannot be real”, ” Why”? “Is this…