"Father, I just want to take the time to acknowledge the goodness and mercy You have granted us a great privilege to have and follows behind us everywhere we go. Thank You for breaking us from things that were holding us hostage, for these things made us fall short of Your glory. Thank You for a daily supernatural renewal of our minds, strength, faith and the trust we have in You. Thank You for being so loving and faithful especially the times we don't deserve it. Father, we love you for being the Creator and knowing your children so well . Thank You for giving us understanding and discernment spirits to know what we need in the seasons you are taking us through. Father, as we continue to walk with you I ask that You continue to rise all of Your children up and make them bold servants within Your Kingdom. We love you so much! Amen."
Sis, I know y'all like "BreShay opening up deep today!" I can't help it. When I think about the goodness of Jesus it makes me want to dance (breaks out in a baptist fit praise break 😂). Though seriously, the surrender of myself onto Christ was the greatest thing I could have ever done. It's like the release of your damaged soul to only be replace with a brand new one. Holding on to the old only clouds your judgement and keeps you away from understanding the FULL potential of receiving a new, more organized, and a prettier soul. Let me tell my brief story.
On my fourteenth birthday, my mother gifted me with gold earrings. I was obsessed!! I had been asking for them for forever and I had finally got them. I was so excited, finally a teenager and no longer the baby. I had officially entered into womanhood and was patiently waiting this menstrual cycle to arrive everybody was talking about (didn't get my until a cold day when I was 16 and quickly knew Mother Nature could have kept it but I finally got it...lol). As I opened the gift and screamed in excitement, a seriousness fell over my mother's face. She immediately called down my excitement and made me focus on what was about to be said. I got serious but concern, she spoke "Shay, you have just entered into womanhood. There are two things you should know. You will get your period, which means you can get pregnant now and I can no longer hold the burden of the relationship you have with God. It's time for you to start your own." I must have looked scared because she quickly followed her words by saying "I will still pray for you. ALWAYS! I am your mother I was always do that but it's no longer my duty to hold the burden of your relationship with God." Two bombs were dropped into my lap that day. I wasn't having sex so getting pregnant wasn't a concern of mine. These were things I knew nothing about though. I became extremely terrified, yet had so many questions. Who was God? How do I make a relationship with Him? Can I seek Him on Earth? What was I was supposed to do? Should I just pray? How do I pray?
I remembered in church they said "fear the Lord", so that's exactly what I did. I was so scared I didn't do anything but pray. Things took a drastic change and long story, extremely short. In my eyes, God couldn't have been real. There was no mercy on my environment and too many bad things were happening but I was never going to give up on God, I "feared" Him. So I started praying more and harder. The older I got the more I realized that all of what I did or didn't do was out of being scared. I decided to have a "talk" with God to release me from His hold. I was so young and extremely naive, but I didn't want to be held captive to this salvation people spoke of.
When I decided that I was going to do it my way. I talked to God about it. When I was finished it was like a huge weight was lifted off of my shoulder. I no longer felt the burden to be holy. For Proverbs 3: 6 says "In all your ways acknowledge Him. And He shall direct your paths." So this had to be God setting me up to be what I wanted instead of what He desired. Obviously, I rationalize my wrong doings though I wasn't church grown, so a lot of what I did I never considered it be sin because I didn't know what it was. I was sinning but little did I know God's presence was so thick around me that I NEVER stop to realize from that time until I gave myself back to Him. He had blocked everything that could have greatly shifted my life or killed me. A long line of generational curses and activity that I did just because it was what everyone was doing. All these things had taken control over who I was. This had to be who God called me to be. For He loves us regardless right?
For years, I ignored the tug on my heart. I ignored the emptiness I felt. I ignored my breakdowns for no reason and thought it was all normal. Me ignoring these things only drove me deeper into my own dark pit. I didn't know how to pull myself out of confusion, uncertainty, and depression. I didn't know the goodness and peace that our Heavenly Father gave. I didn't know what an encounter what Jesus meant until I was 22 and completely broken. I didn't know Jesus, I didn't know I needed Him, I didn't know how to call and access Him, I DIDN'T KNOW!
On my fourteenth birthday, my mother gifted me with gold earrings. I was obsessed!! I had been asking for them for forever and I had finally got them. I was so excited, finally a teenager and no longer the baby. I had officially entered into womanhood and was patiently waiting this menstrual cycle to arrive everybody was talking about (didn't get my until a cold day when I was 16 and quickly knew Mother Nature could have kept it but I finally got it...lol). As I opened the gift and screamed in excitement, a seriousness fell over my mother's face. She immediately called down my excitement and made me focus on what was about to be said. I got serious but concern, she spoke "Shay, you have just entered into womanhood. There are two things you should know. You will get your period, which means you can get pregnant now and I can no longer hold the burden of the relationship you have with God. It's time for you to start your own." I must have looked scared because she quickly followed her words by saying "I will still pray for you. ALWAYS! I am your mother I was always do that but it's no longer my duty to hold the burden of your relationship with God." Two bombs were dropped into my lap that day. I wasn't having sex so getting pregnant wasn't a concern of mine. These were things I knew nothing about though. I became extremely terrified, yet had so many questions. Who was God? How do I make a relationship with Him? Can I seek Him on Earth? What was I was supposed to do? Should I just pray? How do I pray?
I remembered in church they said "fear the Lord", so that's exactly what I did. I was so scared I didn't do anything but pray. Things took a drastic change and long story, extremely short. In my eyes, God couldn't have been real. There was no mercy on my environment and too many bad things were happening but I was never going to give up on God, I "feared" Him. So I started praying more and harder. The older I got the more I realized that all of what I did or didn't do was out of being scared. I decided to have a "talk" with God to release me from His hold. I was so young and extremely naive, but I didn't want to be held captive to this salvation people spoke of.
When I decided that I was going to do it my way. I talked to God about it. When I was finished it was like a huge weight was lifted off of my shoulder. I no longer felt the burden to be holy. For Proverbs 3: 6 says "In all your ways acknowledge Him. And He shall direct your paths." So this had to be God setting me up to be what I wanted instead of what He desired. Obviously, I rationalize my wrong doings though I wasn't church grown, so a lot of what I did I never considered it be sin because I didn't know what it was. I was sinning but little did I know God's presence was so thick around me that I NEVER stop to realize from that time until I gave myself back to Him. He had blocked everything that could have greatly shifted my life or killed me. A long line of generational curses and activity that I did just because it was what everyone was doing. All these things had taken control over who I was. This had to be who God called me to be. For He loves us regardless right?
For years, I ignored the tug on my heart. I ignored the emptiness I felt. I ignored my breakdowns for no reason and thought it was all normal. Me ignoring these things only drove me deeper into my own dark pit. I didn't know how to pull myself out of confusion, uncertainty, and depression. I didn't know the goodness and peace that our Heavenly Father gave. I didn't know what an encounter what Jesus meant until I was 22 and completely broken. I didn't know Jesus, I didn't know I needed Him, I didn't know how to call and access Him, I DIDN'T KNOW!
Now I know, Jesus died so we could understand our full potential. Jesus died so we could have a friend in our time of confused days and tearful nights. He died to make sure God's children was taken care of and understood their full potential. So not surrendering is an act of selfishness and a slap in Jesus face while implying that He died for no reason. Not surrendering to God keeps you away from excelling to your full potential in Christ while limiting your quality of life and denying the world your purposeful destiny.
I don't know about you but the light God has rising up in me is too powerful for me to dim. I just can't turn off my light and turn back to my old ways. God light shines right through me and I want my anointing. So sis, we are here for the same reason right? You want to receive the anointing God has ordained into you life? Heart check!! Sis, what's stopping you from cutting off bad habits and breaking generational curses? What's stopping you from giving your heartache and Christian pain to God to renew your soul? What's stopping you from falling deeply in love with your Father that has never turn His back on you? WHAT'S STOPPING YOU?! God wants those barriers to be broken and His light to heighten in you. He wants the glory for the holy life that He will bring you to, but you have to surrender and submit to His will.
I pray that this is the start for someone to seek Jesus and trust God more. I pray that this is confirmation that giving yourself away to Christ is the right thing to do, I pray that strength grows and our faith in Him becomes stronger. I pray that the stigmas we and other people place on who we think we are become broken and we rest in who God ordered us to be. I pray that God's light ALWAYS shines through us and becomes brighter the deeper we go. I pray for all my sisters and brothers wholeness and the fight we go into everyday as Christians.
As I start off the New Year and increase on the The Lovely Post, I want to Thank You all for showing up. I pray that someone is touched by my words and that you can refer it to someone who can also benefit from where I have been and the things God has brought me through. As we embark on this years journey together and personally, I pray that we can become bold in sharing our stories. For the truth of our lives will set us all free. Giving yourself away and surrendering to God is the ultimate beautiful gesture. It is our tunnel to salvation and a key to receiving what we ask from God. Me not knowing how important having and maintaining a relationship with God is nothing I would wish on my worse enemy. It was a time of true deepness and depression, where it is completely terrifying to be so lost and just to think where I would be now. I find it more important to rejoice in where I am now, GLORY TO GOD!! May we all rejoice in the now!!
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I don't know about you but the light God has rising up in me is too powerful for me to dim. I just can't turn off my light and turn back to my old ways. God light shines right through me and I want my anointing. So sis, we are here for the same reason right? You want to receive the anointing God has ordained into you life? Heart check!! Sis, what's stopping you from cutting off bad habits and breaking generational curses? What's stopping you from giving your heartache and Christian pain to God to renew your soul? What's stopping you from falling deeply in love with your Father that has never turn His back on you? WHAT'S STOPPING YOU?! God wants those barriers to be broken and His light to heighten in you. He wants the glory for the holy life that He will bring you to, but you have to surrender and submit to His will.
I pray that this is the start for someone to seek Jesus and trust God more. I pray that this is confirmation that giving yourself away to Christ is the right thing to do, I pray that strength grows and our faith in Him becomes stronger. I pray that the stigmas we and other people place on who we think we are become broken and we rest in who God ordered us to be. I pray that God's light ALWAYS shines through us and becomes brighter the deeper we go. I pray for all my sisters and brothers wholeness and the fight we go into everyday as Christians.
As I start off the New Year and increase on the The Lovely Post, I want to Thank You all for showing up. I pray that someone is touched by my words and that you can refer it to someone who can also benefit from where I have been and the things God has brought me through. As we embark on this years journey together and personally, I pray that we can become bold in sharing our stories. For the truth of our lives will set us all free. Giving yourself away and surrendering to God is the ultimate beautiful gesture. It is our tunnel to salvation and a key to receiving what we ask from God. Me not knowing how important having and maintaining a relationship with God is nothing I would wish on my worse enemy. It was a time of true deepness and depression, where it is completely terrifying to be so lost and just to think where I would be now. I find it more important to rejoice in where I am now, GLORY TO GOD!! May we all rejoice in the now!!
May you all be blessed and I pray that giving yourself away becomes easier. Don't let not knowing be the reason you fall short of God's glory and where He is trying to take you!!
Today mediate on Jeremiah 29:11, Proverbs 3:6, Romans 6:22 & John 8:36
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