Hello Readers,
It seems every time I start a blog, I am apologizing for the lapse in between blogs. I must say, I have been a pretty busy lady over the last year. I know some of you have been keeping up with my posts since I first began this journey of public journaling. I have given you all a real live glimpse into my devastating heartbreak, to God's everlasting love and complete healing of my heart, to my now received promise! From the first blog post to the last, I exclaimed to you that GREATER IS COMING. I believed that with all of my heart no matter how sad, depressed, hurt, angry or upset I was feeling at the moment. My faith superseded my situation and that faith got me to where I am today! I am so grateful for God's faithfulness to me, His grace that kept me and His strength that brought me this far!
To give a quick recap to catch some of the new readers up (you can always go back and read from the beginning); when I started this blog I was completely heartbroken. My engagement had just been ended due to infidelity of my then significant other and an illegitimate child he had on the way. It was the worst pain I had ever felt and although, at the time, I couldn't stop my tears I knew that God had a much greater plan for my life. Looking back on it, the break up was a major blessing!
Skipping past a few pages to now, I am married to the man of my dreams who knows how to protect my heart, we have a gorgeous baby girl who is so full of joy that I can't even imagine how I was even happy before her lol. We are living in a beautiful city, creating wonderful, long-lasting, godly and productive relationships and God has definitely been blessing us in our careers! His love never fails! He knows what is best for us and I am so glad I put my trust in Him and allowed Him to direct my path! I am truly experiencing my Greater and some! And it is not going to stop here!
So, the chapter has changed from heartbreak to a real live, true love story. I am in a different place, with majorly different roles and I am learning soooo much. I invite you to come along with me on this new journey of wifedom/motherhood as I allow the Lord to guide and use me to tackle, bring light to, and just support some of the new things new mothers and wives may face. We are still looking towards Greater and I am personally going to volunteer to be your partner in getting there!!
GREATER IS COMING my friends! I am a living testimony. Stay with me!
INVITE:
If you are in the Grand Rapids, MI. area (or if you're not) I invite you to come visit the place where a lot of my healing took place and God really proved Himself to me. My wonderful church home: The Revolution Culture Movement at 5301 28th St. Ct. Grand Rapids, MI. 49546. It would be negligent of me not to invite you to partake in the spirit-filled word of God from my amazing Pastors Jermone Glenn and Lady Erica Glenn. They, being led by God, have been of such great help to me over the past two years. Let them bless you too! BE MY GUEST!
Monday, September 19, 2016
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Allow Me to Re-Introduce Myself
Good evening/morning/afternoon!
I would like to take this time to make a re-introduction, as time has passed and so much has changed since my initial post, including my last name!!!
Let me just tell you, when you truly trust God's plan for your life and hold on to the fact that Greater really is coming, God will remain true to his word. From heartbreak to complete restoration, God has definitely been faithful!
I have made a few post giving small glimpses of the blessings God has allowed in my life but let me catch you all the way up to speed in one post.
God brought me in front of the TRUE man of God He had selected for me and that man took no time in making me his wife. I married my best friend on 05/25/15 and God has been opening door after door and pouring out blessing after blessing since! We have also had some faith testing but He never ever failed us. We have been married for one year now and it has been the total opposite of what I had grown used to in relationships. It is so liberating to be able to truly trust the words of the man you are in a relationship with or married to. He has never once given me a reason to feel as though there may be another woman capturing his attention nor has he brought any type of drama into my life. I had not ever had this type of experience before him. When a man truly loves you as Christ loves the church, there is no reason to be skeptical or fearful of him doing anything to hurt your heart.
1 John 4:18 reads: There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. I have never understood this scripture the way I understand it now! Perfect love casts out fear! There is no need to fear he is going to leave me, there is no fear of him cheating or disrespecting me. Fearing those things on a constant is truly tormenting. I have been made perfect not only in my Father's love but also in the love of my husband, whose instruction for how to love me comes directly from the Father and he takes heed!
When I started this blog, I was in a place of hurt, confusion, embarrassment, depression, etc. I am now reintroducing myself in a place of pure love, joy, peace, comfort, healing, blessing and much more! God has given me way better than what I thought I even wanted. He was so pleased with my husband and I's union that He blessed us with the most beautiful, sweet, baby girl who was born exactly nine months after our wedding day!
So, my name is Nikeya C., my friends call me Keya. I am 30 years old. I am the wife of the most amazing husband and a new mommy to the greatest baby alive! I knew that God had something much greater for my life as soon as I started this blog and I never gave up hope or faith that Greater was coming! I want to encourage you, wherever you are, to keep looking forward to that which is Greater! You shall soon see what you envision!!! My hope, from this day forward, is to continue to encourage you to keep your eyes focused forward and to help you get excited about your future because if God did it for me, He will surely do it for you!!
I would like to take this time to make a re-introduction, as time has passed and so much has changed since my initial post, including my last name!!!
Let me just tell you, when you truly trust God's plan for your life and hold on to the fact that Greater really is coming, God will remain true to his word. From heartbreak to complete restoration, God has definitely been faithful!
I have made a few post giving small glimpses of the blessings God has allowed in my life but let me catch you all the way up to speed in one post.
God brought me in front of the TRUE man of God He had selected for me and that man took no time in making me his wife. I married my best friend on 05/25/15 and God has been opening door after door and pouring out blessing after blessing since! We have also had some faith testing but He never ever failed us. We have been married for one year now and it has been the total opposite of what I had grown used to in relationships. It is so liberating to be able to truly trust the words of the man you are in a relationship with or married to. He has never once given me a reason to feel as though there may be another woman capturing his attention nor has he brought any type of drama into my life. I had not ever had this type of experience before him. When a man truly loves you as Christ loves the church, there is no reason to be skeptical or fearful of him doing anything to hurt your heart.
1 John 4:18 reads: There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. I have never understood this scripture the way I understand it now! Perfect love casts out fear! There is no need to fear he is going to leave me, there is no fear of him cheating or disrespecting me. Fearing those things on a constant is truly tormenting. I have been made perfect not only in my Father's love but also in the love of my husband, whose instruction for how to love me comes directly from the Father and he takes heed!
When I started this blog, I was in a place of hurt, confusion, embarrassment, depression, etc. I am now reintroducing myself in a place of pure love, joy, peace, comfort, healing, blessing and much more! God has given me way better than what I thought I even wanted. He was so pleased with my husband and I's union that He blessed us with the most beautiful, sweet, baby girl who was born exactly nine months after our wedding day!
So, my name is Nikeya C., my friends call me Keya. I am 30 years old. I am the wife of the most amazing husband and a new mommy to the greatest baby alive! I knew that God had something much greater for my life as soon as I started this blog and I never gave up hope or faith that Greater was coming! I want to encourage you, wherever you are, to keep looking forward to that which is Greater! You shall soon see what you envision!!! My hope, from this day forward, is to continue to encourage you to keep your eyes focused forward and to help you get excited about your future because if God did it for me, He will surely do it for you!!
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
To All My Single Ladies: He's Not Man Enough Because You're Not Woman Enough.
Hello! I pray that this post finds you in peace today, and if not, I pray it helps give you some peace.
Normally my blog posts stem from my very own experiences or personal revelations that I so desperately want to share with the world! Today, I feel as though it is coming from a different place and I feel a mandate to address one of the things that has really been bothering me over the past couple of months. That thing is single women going on rants about men. Rants that point out how there are more "boys" than "men" around; about how if the woman is in a relationship with the man and he doesn't call her for 24 hours, she's moving on; etc., etc., etc. He ain't gotta call you! LOL. If you two are not engaged/married, neither of you are obligated to one another but you don't have to tell the world you're going to drop him because he didn't call you for a day either. At the end of the day, you both are still single and doing your own thing unless otherwise agreed upon by the two of you.
Let me tell you how annoying that is to see posted on Facebook, talked about in videos, or posted about on Instagram and Twitter. And what's most appalling to me is that it is coming from GROWN women, women who are over 25 years old. Ladies, let me stand you in front of a mirror for a second. All of those posts about how men aren't nothing, they are all the same, how if they were a man they would do this, that or the other, really reflects back on you. They are really telling the world the type of men YOU choose to keep company with, then complain about. They really show YOUR OWN immaturity.
If you have not learned by now, a man or any person, will treat you the way you allow them to. They will behave with you in a way that they know will be tolerated by you. In my personal opinion, an adult, male or female, is not concerned with how the opposite sex is not doing what they need them to do but rather focused on greater things at hand. If the man or woman is not meeting the standard of he adult counterpart, then that adult counterpart makes the executive decision to move forward with their lives without saying a word about it, displaying it to the world, or being a crybaby and "sneak dissing" or insulting the other person.
So think about this ladies: If you are looking for, waiting on, or praying for a man; shouldn't you first exhibit the behaviors of a woman? Be woman enough to uphold your standards and just walk away if they are not being met. Be woman enough to communicate your needs to that man in private if you feel like you don't want to give up just yet, don't be childish and post "subliminal" messages all over your Facebook page, liking and sharing other bitter, broken women's posts hoping he will see. Be woman enough to walk in your purpose, as the woman God has called you to be and trust that God will allow your path to cross with the man He has created for you. Stop allowing people to treat you in unsatisfactory ways and most of all, STOP POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT IT!
It's time to grow up ladies and be the woman that a man is searching for. Proverbs 18:22 reads, HE who finds a wife, finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the Lord. He's searching for a woman to be his wife, not a childish female who is posting all of these bad images of men. Proverbs 31: 11-12 talks about the virtuous woman and reads, The heart of her husband safely trusts her, so he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not evil ALL the days of her life. "All the days of her life" means even before she physically meets him. How can any man safely trust in a woman who man bashes on social media or anywhere else whenever she seems to get upset? Think about it. You want your Boaz but you're not acting anything like a Ruth to draw him to you.
In summary, evaluate and reevaluate your male/female relationships, what you are allowing in your life and what you will or will not tolerate. Be woman enough to move forward and trust God to bring you to the place where the true man of God is waiting for you, and learn to be a trustworthy woman by doing your husband good and not evil ALL the days of your life from this day forward! Your GREATER IS COMING but you have to show to be ready for it!
All my love,
Keya
Normally my blog posts stem from my very own experiences or personal revelations that I so desperately want to share with the world! Today, I feel as though it is coming from a different place and I feel a mandate to address one of the things that has really been bothering me over the past couple of months. That thing is single women going on rants about men. Rants that point out how there are more "boys" than "men" around; about how if the woman is in a relationship with the man and he doesn't call her for 24 hours, she's moving on; etc., etc., etc. He ain't gotta call you! LOL. If you two are not engaged/married, neither of you are obligated to one another but you don't have to tell the world you're going to drop him because he didn't call you for a day either. At the end of the day, you both are still single and doing your own thing unless otherwise agreed upon by the two of you.
Let me tell you how annoying that is to see posted on Facebook, talked about in videos, or posted about on Instagram and Twitter. And what's most appalling to me is that it is coming from GROWN women, women who are over 25 years old. Ladies, let me stand you in front of a mirror for a second. All of those posts about how men aren't nothing, they are all the same, how if they were a man they would do this, that or the other, really reflects back on you. They are really telling the world the type of men YOU choose to keep company with, then complain about. They really show YOUR OWN immaturity.
If you have not learned by now, a man or any person, will treat you the way you allow them to. They will behave with you in a way that they know will be tolerated by you. In my personal opinion, an adult, male or female, is not concerned with how the opposite sex is not doing what they need them to do but rather focused on greater things at hand. If the man or woman is not meeting the standard of he adult counterpart, then that adult counterpart makes the executive decision to move forward with their lives without saying a word about it, displaying it to the world, or being a crybaby and "sneak dissing" or insulting the other person.
So think about this ladies: If you are looking for, waiting on, or praying for a man; shouldn't you first exhibit the behaviors of a woman? Be woman enough to uphold your standards and just walk away if they are not being met. Be woman enough to communicate your needs to that man in private if you feel like you don't want to give up just yet, don't be childish and post "subliminal" messages all over your Facebook page, liking and sharing other bitter, broken women's posts hoping he will see. Be woman enough to walk in your purpose, as the woman God has called you to be and trust that God will allow your path to cross with the man He has created for you. Stop allowing people to treat you in unsatisfactory ways and most of all, STOP POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT IT!
It's time to grow up ladies and be the woman that a man is searching for. Proverbs 18:22 reads, HE who finds a wife, finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the Lord. He's searching for a woman to be his wife, not a childish female who is posting all of these bad images of men. Proverbs 31: 11-12 talks about the virtuous woman and reads, The heart of her husband safely trusts her, so he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not evil ALL the days of her life. "All the days of her life" means even before she physically meets him. How can any man safely trust in a woman who man bashes on social media or anywhere else whenever she seems to get upset? Think about it. You want your Boaz but you're not acting anything like a Ruth to draw him to you.
In summary, evaluate and reevaluate your male/female relationships, what you are allowing in your life and what you will or will not tolerate. Be woman enough to move forward and trust God to bring you to the place where the true man of God is waiting for you, and learn to be a trustworthy woman by doing your husband good and not evil ALL the days of your life from this day forward! Your GREATER IS COMING but you have to show to be ready for it!
All my love,
Keya
Monday, February 1, 2016
One Day At A Time
Happy February 1st, 2016!! We have already completed one month of the new year! Best of all for my household, this is the month our little sweet baby girl is due! She could be making her appearance within the next couple of weeks! It's bitter sweet for me. On the one hand I am excited to see her, touch her, smell her, kiss her, hug her, and just love her to life! On the other hand, I am going to miss her being so literally attached to me, taking her everywhere I go, protecting her on the inside of me, and feeling her little lovely movements all through the day and night. The miracle of conception, growth, and birth is absolutely baffling. To know a seed grew inside of me into a human being is astonishing. There was once nothing in my womb then God placed His hand on it and created life! How amazing is that?! It has been the most wonderful experience. Even with the heart burn and achy back and hips. I am honored that God chose me to go through this experience and birth his creation into earth!
With all of that being said, I wanted to share with you today what has been in my heart. Having a baby or going through any major life change can be exciting and nerve wrecking at the same time. You begin to think of all of the things that will need to be taken care of, how you will be able to take care of it all, the time you have to take care of it all, if you have the resources to do what you need to do, etc. It can become extremely overwhelming and cause you to begin to worry. I can say for myself, I have not been doing a good job of keeping my worry at a minimum. I have even questioned God about His decision to give us this assignment when things have not been adding up enough to give me the confidence that we will be able to carry it out. Yep, I questioned God on His decision. Like He doesn't have a plan already set in place. It can be hard to just simply trust, follow, and obey Him when you have absolutely no idea, no clue, not even a hint of where things might be headed.
I can say for myself, that I do a lot of thinking about the future. I have thought about things that are so far away such as, giving my daughter the best childhood, taking her on trips and allowing her to see things I did not. I have even thought about how we will pay for her college tuition. The child has not even seen the light of day yet and I am already trying to figure out how much money we will need to save for her college expenses! Crazy, right? I have gotten myself all worked up on all of these future things, I almost lost sight of what is happening today. I had allowed so much worry and anxiety to overtake me, it almost took away the joy of the current moment.
Jeremiah 29:11 (a scripture I have used many times through this blog) clearly shows us that God plans to give us welfare and peace and He does not have any evil plans for us, This is what He spoke to Jeremiah and we know that God is not a respecter of persons, so if He promised this to Jeremiah, we can hold to the same promise for ourselves even though the scripture was not speaking directly to us. His thoughts and plans are to give us hope in our final outcome. That means, we should look forward to God's plans for our lives. The decisions He makes for us will always have a positive outcome because it's in his plan! As long as we stay within His will, we will be okay. There is no reason to worry. His plans are way better than our own plans for our lives.
I am also constantly taken back to another set of scriptures at this time in my life as well; Matthew 6:25-34. In all my worrying about what's going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, in 18 years; I am reminded of this passage. I have been reminded by the Holy Spirit Himself, my wonderful husband, and again through God's divine word spoken through our pastor. The first two times, I was encouraged and kind of gave it an, "Okay God, I see what you're saying. I shouldn't worry. You will take care of us as long as we seek you first, I get it". The third time, I believe the light came on. What stuck out the most was the SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD. Seek His way of doing things. Follow His leadership. It is a cause and effect situation. Follow God's way then all the things will be added to you. I do my part and God does His part. The question arose, "Have I been seeking Him first? Am I cooperating with God so that He can do what He has promised?"
A lot of times, I speak for myself again, when things don't look too good worry comes first. I attempt to come up with a plan on my own to make sure things are taken care of. I begin to seek earthly ways of getting what I need when I need it. After all of my attempts fail, then I start asking God for help. I start crying out and wondering why He seems not to be there for me. Anxiety begins to take over and I wonder if God is even listening or seeing what I am going through. Clearly, that does not qualify as cooperation with God and what He instructs me to do in His word. Matthew 6:34 tells us not to worry or be anxious about tomorrow because tomorrow will have it's own worries. God gives us enough grace for one day at a time (summarized). Hence, the title of this post.
Being confident in the fact that God's plan for us is something we should look forward to and knowing that if we cooperate with His word, stay in His will, and follow His lead He is going to give us every single thing that we need; we can relax and live in the current moment. Focusing on one day at a time is sure to bring your stress and anxiety levels way down. Use the grace supplied to you for the day and enjoy peace in knowing that God's got you. If you accepted the gift of salvation and are living your life for Him, He is responsible for taking care of you, You have been adopted into His family, His Kingdom (Ephesians 1 and 1 Peter 2:9-10). As His son/daughter, we represent Him. I know as an earthly mother, I don't want my child begging other people for food, looking like she has no one home taking care of her. That would make me look like an unfit mother. Just imagine how it would make God look if we are calling Him our father and living in His royal household but we don't appear to be taken care of as a King's kid would. That's would bring Him no glory and God takes pride in His children.
Hopefully, today's post will encourage you to stop worrying about tomorrow, next week, next month, or 18 years from now and give you the strength to focus only on the day at hand. You have grace for today. Meditate on Matt. 6:25-34 (Message Version). Cooperate with God, trust his plan, and hold him to his word. He keeps His promises and He has to deliver! Take it one day at a time. Enjoy peace. Enjoy the privilege of knowing that you can relax because there is nothing new under the sun and God's got you covered! Don' miss out on a great moment because you are too far ahead in a future you have no grace for yet. Let the sunshine bless you, or the beautiful snowfall, or even the refreshing rain. Thank God that your current needs are met. You might not have all of the glitz and glam, you may not be able to do much more with your money but you will never be seen begging bread because you are a Kings Kid! According to Jeremiah 29:11, your GREATER IS COMING! Stay the course and keep your eye on the One who leads you. One day at a time.
All my love,
Keya
With all of that being said, I wanted to share with you today what has been in my heart. Having a baby or going through any major life change can be exciting and nerve wrecking at the same time. You begin to think of all of the things that will need to be taken care of, how you will be able to take care of it all, the time you have to take care of it all, if you have the resources to do what you need to do, etc. It can become extremely overwhelming and cause you to begin to worry. I can say for myself, I have not been doing a good job of keeping my worry at a minimum. I have even questioned God about His decision to give us this assignment when things have not been adding up enough to give me the confidence that we will be able to carry it out. Yep, I questioned God on His decision. Like He doesn't have a plan already set in place. It can be hard to just simply trust, follow, and obey Him when you have absolutely no idea, no clue, not even a hint of where things might be headed.
I can say for myself, that I do a lot of thinking about the future. I have thought about things that are so far away such as, giving my daughter the best childhood, taking her on trips and allowing her to see things I did not. I have even thought about how we will pay for her college tuition. The child has not even seen the light of day yet and I am already trying to figure out how much money we will need to save for her college expenses! Crazy, right? I have gotten myself all worked up on all of these future things, I almost lost sight of what is happening today. I had allowed so much worry and anxiety to overtake me, it almost took away the joy of the current moment.
Jeremiah 29:11 (a scripture I have used many times through this blog) clearly shows us that God plans to give us welfare and peace and He does not have any evil plans for us, This is what He spoke to Jeremiah and we know that God is not a respecter of persons, so if He promised this to Jeremiah, we can hold to the same promise for ourselves even though the scripture was not speaking directly to us. His thoughts and plans are to give us hope in our final outcome. That means, we should look forward to God's plans for our lives. The decisions He makes for us will always have a positive outcome because it's in his plan! As long as we stay within His will, we will be okay. There is no reason to worry. His plans are way better than our own plans for our lives.
I am also constantly taken back to another set of scriptures at this time in my life as well; Matthew 6:25-34. In all my worrying about what's going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, in 18 years; I am reminded of this passage. I have been reminded by the Holy Spirit Himself, my wonderful husband, and again through God's divine word spoken through our pastor. The first two times, I was encouraged and kind of gave it an, "Okay God, I see what you're saying. I shouldn't worry. You will take care of us as long as we seek you first, I get it". The third time, I believe the light came on. What stuck out the most was the SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD. Seek His way of doing things. Follow His leadership. It is a cause and effect situation. Follow God's way then all the things will be added to you. I do my part and God does His part. The question arose, "Have I been seeking Him first? Am I cooperating with God so that He can do what He has promised?"
A lot of times, I speak for myself again, when things don't look too good worry comes first. I attempt to come up with a plan on my own to make sure things are taken care of. I begin to seek earthly ways of getting what I need when I need it. After all of my attempts fail, then I start asking God for help. I start crying out and wondering why He seems not to be there for me. Anxiety begins to take over and I wonder if God is even listening or seeing what I am going through. Clearly, that does not qualify as cooperation with God and what He instructs me to do in His word. Matthew 6:34 tells us not to worry or be anxious about tomorrow because tomorrow will have it's own worries. God gives us enough grace for one day at a time (summarized). Hence, the title of this post.
Being confident in the fact that God's plan for us is something we should look forward to and knowing that if we cooperate with His word, stay in His will, and follow His lead He is going to give us every single thing that we need; we can relax and live in the current moment. Focusing on one day at a time is sure to bring your stress and anxiety levels way down. Use the grace supplied to you for the day and enjoy peace in knowing that God's got you. If you accepted the gift of salvation and are living your life for Him, He is responsible for taking care of you, You have been adopted into His family, His Kingdom (Ephesians 1 and 1 Peter 2:9-10). As His son/daughter, we represent Him. I know as an earthly mother, I don't want my child begging other people for food, looking like she has no one home taking care of her. That would make me look like an unfit mother. Just imagine how it would make God look if we are calling Him our father and living in His royal household but we don't appear to be taken care of as a King's kid would. That's would bring Him no glory and God takes pride in His children.
Hopefully, today's post will encourage you to stop worrying about tomorrow, next week, next month, or 18 years from now and give you the strength to focus only on the day at hand. You have grace for today. Meditate on Matt. 6:25-34 (Message Version). Cooperate with God, trust his plan, and hold him to his word. He keeps His promises and He has to deliver! Take it one day at a time. Enjoy peace. Enjoy the privilege of knowing that you can relax because there is nothing new under the sun and God's got you covered! Don' miss out on a great moment because you are too far ahead in a future you have no grace for yet. Let the sunshine bless you, or the beautiful snowfall, or even the refreshing rain. Thank God that your current needs are met. You might not have all of the glitz and glam, you may not be able to do much more with your money but you will never be seen begging bread because you are a Kings Kid! According to Jeremiah 29:11, your GREATER IS COMING! Stay the course and keep your eye on the One who leads you. One day at a time.
All my love,
Keya
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Daily Expectation
Happy New Year!!
It's the fifth day of the year and I am so excited about what is in store for you this year! It's always so nice to know you get to start off the new year with a fresh slate. Everything that happened in 2015 can stay there and you can set the tone of the new year by declaring what you will have and what you are going to expect as the year progresses on! I pray you take full advantage of your fresh start!
Coming in to this new year, I decided to create a blessing jar. My husband and I write down anything that we feel is a blessing each day and place it in the jar. At the end of this year, we will go back through our blessing jar to take a look at how good God has been to us all year long! I was so excited to start. This is only the fifth day of the month and I have gotten to place something in the jar everyday!
Yesterday, as I was talking with God, I realized that my excitement level was high and I said, "God, I can't wait to see in what way you bless me today!" At that moment, I realized my expectation had been set. After only three days of paying attention to the ways God blesses me, whether it be something big or something small, I have built such expectation. Everyday now, I am expecting God to make His presence known in my life and I can expect to be able to write something down and place it in the jar before my day is over.
Do you have daily expectation? When we have a daily expectation from God, it puts a demand on Him to show up. He knows we are expecting to see Him and our God is a God who does not disappoint. God loves us so much, He will make sure we obtain the desires of our heart and if He is the desire, He will all the more want to give us more of Him!!
Setting your expectations on Him and recognizing Him in the small and large details helps us to grow more confident in the fact that He is with us, that He hears us. It builds our trust in Him. My daily expectation has alleviated so much worry and stress. I know every day, God is going to allow me to have something to place in that jar. I wake up with such joy and excitement each day, almost like a kid on Christmas morning!
I challenge you to expect God, daily! Look for Him in all that you do. Deuteronomy 4:29 reads: "But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul". If you seek the Lord, you will find Him!! Search for Him today. Expect Him in you heart. God is with you and He's waiting for you to recognize His presence and expect it daily!
Set your expectations high because GREATER IS COMING!!
All my love,
Keya
It's the fifth day of the year and I am so excited about what is in store for you this year! It's always so nice to know you get to start off the new year with a fresh slate. Everything that happened in 2015 can stay there and you can set the tone of the new year by declaring what you will have and what you are going to expect as the year progresses on! I pray you take full advantage of your fresh start!
Coming in to this new year, I decided to create a blessing jar. My husband and I write down anything that we feel is a blessing each day and place it in the jar. At the end of this year, we will go back through our blessing jar to take a look at how good God has been to us all year long! I was so excited to start. This is only the fifth day of the month and I have gotten to place something in the jar everyday!
Yesterday, as I was talking with God, I realized that my excitement level was high and I said, "God, I can't wait to see in what way you bless me today!" At that moment, I realized my expectation had been set. After only three days of paying attention to the ways God blesses me, whether it be something big or something small, I have built such expectation. Everyday now, I am expecting God to make His presence known in my life and I can expect to be able to write something down and place it in the jar before my day is over.
Do you have daily expectation? When we have a daily expectation from God, it puts a demand on Him to show up. He knows we are expecting to see Him and our God is a God who does not disappoint. God loves us so much, He will make sure we obtain the desires of our heart and if He is the desire, He will all the more want to give us more of Him!!
Setting your expectations on Him and recognizing Him in the small and large details helps us to grow more confident in the fact that He is with us, that He hears us. It builds our trust in Him. My daily expectation has alleviated so much worry and stress. I know every day, God is going to allow me to have something to place in that jar. I wake up with such joy and excitement each day, almost like a kid on Christmas morning!
I challenge you to expect God, daily! Look for Him in all that you do. Deuteronomy 4:29 reads: "But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul". If you seek the Lord, you will find Him!! Search for Him today. Expect Him in you heart. God is with you and He's waiting for you to recognize His presence and expect it daily!
Set your expectations high because GREATER IS COMING!!
All my love,
Keya
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Reflection: Day 18- I Know You're Hurting...
Good Day All!!
First, I'd like to start off with my exciting news. I felt my baby's first kick on day 6, 10/4/15!!! It's so amazing to feel this little life growing inside my womb!!! What a wonderful thing to be able to experience! At this very moment, I speak to any woman reading this post who has been having trouble conceiving their own child. I want to decree and declare that your womb is healed and open to receive, grow, and incubate the beautiful life of a precious child, in Jesus name! I am believing with you. Do you believe?
I've been meaning to post that for days but the business of life got in the way. Now that I've shared my news, I'd like to share something that has been on my mind.
Daily, I deal with the affairs of other people, people I don't know personally but I hear of their personal life issues and a lot of the times, private family matters. This is all due to my profession. This week, my mind has been pondering one specific thing I hear quite often in regards to relationships.
Break ups are never easy, even when they may be mutual. Someone is always more hurt than the other person. And when the break up is result of the other person cheating, its never good. This is actually the kind of break up I want to hone in on. Well, more so the actions the hurt person takes after that kind of break up.
My question is this, why is it that the hurt person feels they have to retaliate or make the other person's life hard. I know what the cheating person did was wrong and I'm sure it hurt the other person to the core. I know from experience but what gives the hurt person the right to be vindictive and destructive afterwards.
What difference will your actions make? Will it turn back the hands of time and make the cheater refrain from cheating? In reality, you don't want to be with a person you cannot trust so why go through all of the trouble of crying, trying to fight the "other woman/man", or just trying to destroy the cheating person themselves?
I remember one guy ask me when I was still in my late teenage years and early 20s, "do you think your actions are going to make me want you back?" Being young and dumb at that time, that question really made me think. Why am I getting all worked up when clearly the choice has been made?
What's the point of being the "crazy ex" when your actions are actually working against you? You don't really want that person back, you just don't want them to be happy because you are not happy, you're hurting. What you are really doing is hurting yourself even more.
You are hurting your reputation, your character, the way people see you, what people think of you, etc. Of course you don't care what people think but guess what, when you finally wise up and are really ready for the real Man or Woman God has for you, guess who will be giving him/her their thoughts of you... People. The same people that witnessed all of the drama you caused, all of the games you played, and all of the evil actions you displayed. Then you wonder why you cannot find the one.
Listen to me, if you hear nothing else from this post today, hear this: Romans 12:19-21 reads, Do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord. Therefore, "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head." Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
In other words, as hard as it may be, continue to treat the person that hurt you with kindness, loving them as yourself, and they will reap what they have sown. That doesn't mean you have to be walked all over by them or continue to let them do you wrong, just don't try to take matters into your own hands because it won't end well for you. Let God handle it for you.
Psalm 37:9 reads, For evildoers shall be cut off; but those who wait on the Lord, they shall inherit the earth. For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; Indeed, you will look carefully for his place but it shall be no more. But the meek shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
The word meek means: humble, patient or docile, tame, gentle, and kind. You must be peaceful to have peace. Giving it totally and completely to God. Not giving it to social media, all of your friends, then God. God is the first, the last, and the only.
It may seem a lot easier said than done, I know, but it's the only way that truly works. I am a witness! So to all my hurting sisters and brothers who just want the other person to hurt as bad as you are, give it to God. Give him your hurt, your anger, your aggression. Tell Him how you feel, what you would like Him to do for you (no matter how cynical it may sound), and let God bring justice. He will. He is a God who cannot lie. Remind Him of his word.
Everything is going to be okay. It will not always be the way that it may be now. Greater days are coming. Your joy will be restored and your heart will be healed. You just have to stay out of the way and let God handle it all. GREATER IS COMING. Don't lose sight!
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Reflection: Day 1- Putting It All Into Perspective
Hello all!
On my second day of being 30, I am reflecting on how grateful I am for the friends I have in my life. Lately, God has been allowing me to put so many things in my life into perspective. So many times, we can focus on everything that has been going wrong and fail to recognize and thank God for the things that are going right. We allow one negative thing to outweigh the 20 positive things that have previously occurred.
At this time in my life, I am trying to focus more on the blessings of my life rather than the things that seem to occur out of my control or may not give me the best feelings. My good days totally outweigh my bad days. I am sure that is the testimony of many of us.
Why is that we magnify the negative things in our life and seem to forget about anything good going on? Is it easier for our brains to identify bad feelings over good feeling?
As I think about everything going on in my life, I have decided to live in the moment. I am living in the moment of feeling my little bundle of joy moving around inside of my belly. With this being my very first pregnancy, it is so amazing to feel this little life growing inside of me. I am very grateful that God has given me this opportunity to experience such an incredible miracle! I am even more grateful to God for a husband who loves Him first and loves me just as Christ love the church. A man who is excited about being involved in every aspect of the growth of our child and family over all.
My challenge to all of my readers as well as myself it to cast down all negative thoughts by transforming them into what positive things are going on in our lives. We have asked and believed God for GREATER, now that we have received and continue receiving it, lets praise and thank God for it. No matter what it may look like, recall the GREATER and prophesy to the negative by continuing to confess and show gratitude for your GREATER!
GREATER is coming and GREATER is here...Don't lose sight. Put it all into perspective!!
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