~ Praying Friends ~
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🙏 My prayer for you today 🙏 Lord hold us in your love, peace, and joy all the days of our lives that we may be an encouragement to each other and have a heart to serve and build up our friends during difficult seasons. Amen
~ Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:11
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~ Be Still and Know ~
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~We Trust His Plans ~
Beyond our own understanding…
…We Trust His plan for our lives
Beyond that which is seen…
…We hold on to His promises
A year ago I prayed and walked away from a job without having another job lined up. For the past decade I worked full time non-stop. I was in unfamiliar territory. It was a season of growth.
I held on to His promises over my life.
For seven months I was in unfamiliar territory, no job, no means of significant income. However I continued to stay faithful and pray for His purpose and guidance over my life during that season.
Of those seven months I was able to spend quality time with my family, my especially my mother, my nieces and nephews. Not to mention the difficulty of also living through the pandemic.
For the majority of the time I learned what it meant to be a caretaker of little ones. It was the most rewarding time of my season. To teach little children the importance of prayer. To hear them speak to the Lord through prayer.
It’s been several months since I’ve prayed with my niece and nephew during our mealtime. Last night at dinner I was able to pray with each of them and their little hearts still remembered the words to our prayer. It was a precious moment.
Another blessing from God is that I’ve been employed with a loving and caring law firm since April. It’s been a growing season, not just in my spiritual life but in my career. It’s nothing but God. I did not even apply for this position. I prayed and asked God for His will over my career that the next place of employment would be because of Him. I had to trust Him with all that I had during the season of unfamiliar territory.
He continues to lead me to unfamiliar territory in my career. Showing favor over my life in my career. Giving me the opportunity to grow and see things I’ve never seen, experience things I could only hope for in my previous positions. Giving me the ability to understand complex cases and learn in a steady pace. I know that He will see me through as He has all my life. I am grateful for my blessings. For my family work place.
It’s not about us during a difficult season, it’s to bring glory to God. It’s to be a servant. It’s to be a light in darkness for those around you.
It’s to be a testimony to others. It’s growing in faith. Trusting and believing that God will see you through another day.
~ Hope ~
As I reflect on my experience at Joytime this weekend. I am in awe of how God will use the simplicity of an encouraging message to touch your heart ❤ How only He knows what we are dealing with in that moment and He will place in a position that will lead us to divine appointments in our life. Moments that wouldn’t be without God’s hand and favor over our lives. He will use the testimony of others to uplift your spirit. To know that He works wonders and just as you may cry in silent, He prepares a way, it may not be today, tomorrow, or next year…but God is always making a way for you. Know that our hope is in the Lord.
* Hold fast to the promises of God * Keep your eyes to the Lord. * Stay in prayer 🙏 * Trust the Lord with all your heart ❤
Two quotes that touched my heart during this weekend ❤
“God is working in our brokenness” – Dr. Joy Greene
“Expectations can become idols. That will be a misguided path. And cause anger and bitterness and resentment. We can’t be fixed on the outcome. Our hope is in our God. Not the outcomes” – Ellen Vaughn
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~ Focus ~
Like a train… …We must continue to stay on track Not losing hope in the waiting… When the light is red… Instead, pause to pray… …Pray for guidance and wisdom Pray for strength to get through the season… …Most importantly, focus on God and His goodness in your life.
(It took several months to capture this photo 📷, finally I was positioned just over the bridge at the stop light to capture it) Patience is a process 🙏
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The Process Can Seem Fruitless…But Don’t Give Up!
Over the last several months I’ve been stuck in my writing, not looking at my manuscript, not feeling motivated to write much…but then on Monday I just opened my laptop and words came out…and I completed my Title poem for my upcoming book…it felt refreshing to read through all my poems I’ve written and put together over this past year…and while I’m in no hurry to publish my book just yet…so much has changed in my life that NOW I see why my book was delayed in being published sooner. It’s not my gifts I’m putting into the world alone, it’s the gifts of writing given to me by the Lord and with that comes patience and prayer. It’s reading and studying the word of God to write on a topic that will encourage others. It’s gaining understanding and knowledge, that in itself is a process that takes time to process and write of it.
When we put God first in our lives, in every aspect of it, from writing a book to our career He will see it through, it may seem like we get stuck in the process but our time is not God’s time and He is a God of suddenly! And can move mountains and part seas…so we cannot understand the depth of His many ways He moves and puts things together for us daily, His mercies are new every day. His mercies and plans are for our spiritual growth and when it seems like we haven’t grown just remember that the preparation and process does not always make sense to us or any easy task, it’s a daily evaluation of our life, repentance, and prayer.
I could of been impatient and forced out words just to say I completed a poem, a book within a time period, but I would have lost the words that God wanted to give to me in His timing….even if it was 9 months from the first time I talked about this poem and the Title of the book…only God!
You see how the process can seem fruitless, like we are not moving forward, but what if we are, what if God is waiting for the right time, His time to give us (fill in the blank) that He has for us, He will prepare us for the next season, and sometimes it seems like that season in preparation is the darkest season of our life, but in reality it’s the most important part of God’s hand over our lives. Do not give up.
~ Little Blessings ~
When life gives you a prayer group, strangers praying for each other….You are blessed! A sweet lady in my writing prayer group gifted us a Starbucks coffee trip ☺️ I don’t go to Starbucks much….but when I do, it’s usually because it’s a gift, a blessing….a little blessing from God above…. Grateful for the little things of life 💝 Life is beautiful ❤️ Enjoy every day! #sundayblessings #prayersandpoetry #prayergroups #writersandpoets #blessings #thankyou #grateful #writingcommunity #christianquotes #christianwriters #chicanapoet #poetsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CL2HGawgWCK/?igshid=or7x9hbnsbej
~ Morning Silence ~
Stillness in the air Closing your eyes to pray Grateful for a new day Feeling the Sun’s warmth A beautiful day ahead Mindful of your presence A gift you give to others 🌺🍃🌺🍃🌺🍃🌺🍃 Be blessed always – S
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I Am Thankful
As I reflect on this year and all the blessings in my life, I thank God for His gracious love. I am thankful for the gifts and talents given to me by God, my Creator.
These last two years, I’ve grown closer to God and am embracing who I am becoming, loving myself because He first loved me, healing through past pain. I am a firm believer in prayer and staying faithful in God’s goodness.
This year I prayed for the opportunity to expand in my passion and purpose in writing poetry, being a poet, and more than anything to be a blessing to those who read my poems.
In the last few months I’ve focused on my purpose for my upcoming poetry book and as I am transforming into the woman God created me to be, I can see the vision of my book becoming, as I too am becoming.
I’m humbled and thankful for having my first poem published in The Black And Latinx Poetry Project by Alegria Publishing.
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I’m thankful for the weekly workshops by Davina, meeting other creative souls and sharing our passion in writing and poetry, for supporting and encouraging each other.
I’m thankful for my family as they support me through my poetry journey.
I’m thankful for the blessings of friends, for my praying friends, my friends that support me and push me to always do my best in all I do.
Thank you for my community of followers and supporters, for reading and embracing my work.
I am growing for you all.
🥰 Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving!! 🥰
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Hold My Hand, Not Your Thoughts
“Praying friends, Are friends for life”
Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:11
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