From Faith to Fruition

Happy 2017!!!

I am little over a month late but, better late than never, right? What a great year it has started out to be! So far, for me, it has not only been a year of major blessings but also a year of reflection.

I started this blog approximately four years ago in 2013. At the time, I was broken, in pain, and holding on to my faith that the way I was feeling at that time would not be the way I would feel a year later. I trusted God through my process of healing and restoration and I shared my journey publicly in hopes of helping someone else who may have been going through something similar.

If I had to say, I would call my devastation of 2013 the lowest I had ever been in my entire 31 years of life (at the time, 27 years). I was determined to make it out victoriously and I just knew God had much greater plans in store for me. My daily blog submissions gave my readers a clear look into my real life emotions, struggles, revelations and victories. I held on to my faith that although I had just experienced such a crushing blow, God had so much greater in store for me!

I just want to encourage somebody, anybody, that is currently going through a healing process. It is not easy. You will have some bad days and that's okay. Those are the days you can really demand God to show up for you and He will! Stick with the process. If it helps, write down what emotions you are experiencing, what you are doing to help yourself, and where you see yourself a year from today!

Keep believing that your greater is coming! Hold on to God's promise to give you a future and a hope. Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING is going to work together for your good as long as you don't grow weary and give up the fight, Trust God in all that you do! He will never ever fail you! I am a witness!! Soon you will see the fruit of your faith. You will see the evidence of the positive things you spoke over your life in your darkest moments. Keep claiming your greater because soon you and everyone around you will begin to see your life go from faith to fruition!! Press on!

As a living testimony, I want to share with you how God has stayed true to his promise to me and how my very own faith has transferred over into fruition. Below is a photo of my family. My faithful, God-fearing, hardworking, loving husband and my sweet angel of a baby girl. God has definitely been faithful and has blessed me with much greater than I had even expected! If He did it for me, He will surely do it for you! Keep the faith!

From my family to yours...GREATER IS COMING!!

You Are Not A Failure!

Listen!!

YOU ARE NOT A FAILURE!

Your marriage may have ended but YOU ARE NOT A FAILURE!

You didn't graduate from school but YOU ARE NOT A FAILURE!

That business didn't get off of the ground but YOU ARE NOT A FAILURE!

You are great! You have something great to offer the world! God has so much more planned for your future!

God's favor covers you! He knows exactly where you are! He knew exactly where you would be at this very moment. Trust Him! Trust that you are in His will! Be confident in the fact that YOU WIN! YOU ARE VICTORIOUS! Look forward to the fact that even though you went through whatever you went through, GREATER IS COMING!

YOU ARE NOT A FAILURE! YOU ARE PREDESTINED FOR GREATNESS! Walk in your greatness NOW!!!

Because Someone Needs To Hear This!

To whomever may need this:

What's been hurting you will not be able to hinder you -Pastor Jermone Glenn, year 2014.

Whatever it is that has broken your heart and is making you cry in this very moment will not be able to stop what God has predestined for you. Take comfort in this...by this time next year you will be 10 times better than you are today! The hurt won't last forever! It is okay to grieve a loss, a heartbreak, a let down, etc. but once the grieving process has ended, you will be healed, delivered and set free! Grieve to God about it now so that you can give God glory for bringing you out later!  Trust me, He CAN and WILL do it for you! I know by personal experience!

If you ever need a little encouragement, go back and take a look at my earlier posts from May 2013 and let my real life story of heartbreak, healing and blessing give you hope!!

Love you!

Begin Again and Again

Hello Readers!

Recently, I have been attempting to get back into my blogging. It will go well a couple of weeks and then I will kind of fall of from the task. A friend of mine helped me to remember how relevant and important my words are to others and I have decided to begin again.

With that being said, I want to encourage you to do the same with whatever it is you may have placed on hold or let fall to the wayside. It is okay to begin again, and again, and again! Just don't give up! Someone needs what you have! Remember, the things we go through in life are never just for the sake of going through it; it's for the next person whom you will encounter who needs help getting through the exact same thing!

So, I encourage you, whatever it is begin again! Whether it be establishing a better way of eating, starting a new work out regimen, reconstructing a business plan, or learning a new skill. Never stop beginning again because once you stop, the world may never get to partake in what you have to offer!

All my love,

Keya
#GreaterIsComing

Remember Your Glory

Have you ever looked back at some of your photos from a couple years back and realize you're pretty darn dope?! Not in a conceited, braggadocious kind of way, but you recognize the royalty on yourself, on your life?

For a long while, with all the challenges in life and different transitions, I lost sight of how awesome I am. How beautiful I am, how successful I am, and how I am ABOVE average. I've never accepted nor have I ever been mediocre and I never will be. I can remember, a long time ago, one of my friends looked at me and said, "you just look rich!". That's the way I should and will try to always look! I grasped, back on 2012, the fact that I can look like now, what I know God is taking me to later. Another thing that reminded me of my heavenly royal appearance was that once, I worked at McDonald's for a summer. When some of my friends and even family members found out, they could not believe it and literally had to come lay their eyes on me in action in order to believe it. They said, "that's not the type of job I see Keya working". Not that there is anything wrong with fast food. I actually learned a great deal about how to work under pressure while at McDonald's. It's just that when God places a glory on your life, even those around you will be able to recognize it without even really knowing what they see!

Call me bougie, sadiddy, stuck up, whatever you want but I know that's not who I am. I am a child of the King which means I'm a princess. I walk with my head high and know without a doubt I'm well taken care of. I have the best, my family has the best and we will live gratefully and confidently in what God has already prepared for us. You should too!!

You Are Blessed!

#SweetReminder

Today, as my husband, our daughter and I were leaving a restaurant after having family dinner, an older Caucasian male (maybe in his mid 70s) stopped us. We had been sitting directly across from their table and Cadence (our baby) was making a lot of noise, laughing and playing. I had no idea what the older gentleman was waving me over for. I thought maybe I dropped something of hers and he was trying to let me know (as that happens so often).

When I went to his table where he and his wife were having dinner, he said to me, "You are so blessed!" She is such a blessing. We have four beautiful girls and they were a blessing to us and I can tell she's such s blessing". I agreed and told him she is a blessing. She's the best baby. He then asked, "How's mom doing?" I told him I was doing great! Which is so true! I was so appreciative of him and his wife for their kind words.

I was also reminded of how God blesses us beyond what we deserve! If I had to be honest, when I first found out I was pregnant, I did not have a most excited reaction. I had planned to wait a year two after marriage before trying for children. Cadence is a honeymoon baby. I prayed that God forgive for that because a friend later said to me, "That's awesome, God blessed your union with a baby!". I hadn't seen it that way at first!

Anyhow, I have to say, this little baby has been a complete joy. God could have made things different to match my initial reaction of ungratefulness. I know that many women try and try and have the hardest time conceiving and my selfish tail behaved in such a self-centered manner.

Cadence is everything I prayed for. She brings joy to our home and everyone she comes in contact with. She is full of energy, extremely intelligent, and just as cute as can be (Mommy is biased, I know lol). We are blessed beyond measure with such an angel who has been just that. Being her parents has been a breeze and I am so grateful God saw past my insensitive selfish attitude and still blessed us with such an amazing baby. He could have taken her away before we got a chance to meet her.

I love being her mom! I love waking up to her sweet little gorgeous smile every morning. I even love the way she thinks all of my limbs are her pacifier as she is currently using my leg as her pacifier right now lol. I so don't deserve her but God is way better than me and decided to bless me anyway! I'm glad that older gentleman reminded me of that today!

What is it that you have taken for granted and lost sight of the fact that you truly are blessed? Don't lose sight! Remember God's promises to you! You Are Blessed! GREATER IS COMING!

New Chapter, Same Book: Prelude

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!