As I was driving on my commute yesterday, the song “Love Theory” by Kirk Franklin came on. I love this song but yesterday was different. As I listened, I began to think about people and how they sometimes can be unpredictable, unreliable, selfish, unforgiving, and filled with hidden agendas. But God is nothing like that. He is reliable, dependable, forgiving, and always loving. I mean, he literally had a whole book written just to help us navigate through life and provide us with answers and hope. He did all of that for us thousands of years ago. Who wouldn’t want to serve a God like him? Often as we go…
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Make Room
Let me start out by sharing my truth, I had no idea what I wanted to write about this week, therefore, I made a conscious decision to skip this week. But then God stepped in. I was reminded last night of an agreement I made with God at the beginning of the year to make more room for Him. I had the pleasure of attending a bible study tonight and as I was leaving, the song, “Make Room” was being played. Why did this resonate with me you ask? Well, I’m a part of my church’s dance ministry and the end of last year, we danced to this song. It…
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Surrender
Yesterday was a good day. I went to see the movie, Breakthrough, great movie I recommend. Then I came home and watched Being Mary Jane, which I enjoyed as well. In watching both the show and movie, there was a point in which the characters of both realized the importance of just letting go of control. In a past blog post, I talked about understanding what God has for you, is for you and not trying to control or manipulate things to benefit yourself. Well, this blog is similar, knowing when to let go and surrender to God can be tough, but necessary. All to often we try to hold…