• Seeking Jesus

    March 7, 2017

    “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13 Have you ever searched for Jesus? Growing up I thought that Jesus could be found in a literal geographical location. I sincerely thought the Garden of Eden was hidden in the jungle somewhere and Jesus was there waiting for me to find him. We have already established my weirdness right? Cool.  There have been so many times where I sought the Lord so that He could change instead of me. In my flesh and in my ignorance, I wanted the Lord to change…

  • Every Hour, I Need Thee

    February 28, 2017

    *makes list* Things I Need Every Hour – God *completes list* How many hours do you have in your life? No, not hours in a day or even a year. How many hours in your life? In the language of Christian-ese, we often refer to the midnight hour. You know, late in the midnight hour, God’s gonna turn it around. It’s gonna work in your favor. The midnight hour typically symbolizes a moment when you need a breakthrough. A storm is raging. You’re being tested. You don’t see a way out. Will God let you perish? Things don’t look promising,…

  • Power

    February 21, 2017

    It’s still Black History Month, right? Ok…just checking. Black History Month is one of my favorite months of the year. Growing up, we would always do the wax museum in school and learn about heroes like Garrett A. Morgan, Madam C.J. Walker, W.E.B. Dubois, and so many others. Movies like Our Friend Martin had me thinking I could time travel. We participated in Black History plays surrounding Rosa Parks, Ruby Bridges, Little Rock Nine and other pivotal moments. We memorized portions of Dr. King’s speech and poems by Langston Hughes. We learned Negro Spirituals in choir and the significance of the Underground…

  • Weirdo

    February 14, 2017

    Growing up, I was definitely a weird kid. When I was 10 years old, I collected hotel key cards. I would lock my door like it was a hotel room and use the hotel key card to slide it through the door cracks and unlock my room. Weird. When I was seven years old, I told my mom that I wanted a baby. I tried to convince her that I could take care of the baby. I would feed it and wash it daily. I thought babies came from the grocery store. I thought there was some glass room with…

  • Love is…

    February 7, 2017

    When I was about 13 years old, I fell in love. Ya know, the deep kind of love. Call each other all day kind of love. Puppy names to make you puke kind of love. Draw hearts on your binder with his name inside kind of love. And then…yep…I woke up. For as long as I can remember, I have been a helpless romantic. I love romantic movies like The Holiday, The Notebook or Love & Basketball. The relationships don’t seem to make sense. Someone is too selfish. Someone doesn’t try like the other. Someone is not communicating their feelings of hurt…

  • Super Lowkey

    January 24, 2017

    This tee describes me so well. I come from an outgoing family. I have my outgoing moments. I can be loud and entertaining. I can appear to be anything but shy. I was a thespian in high school and I have a love for the stage. But the side of myself that I love the most is when I’m super lowkey. low–key (adjective) : quiet and relaxed : not very emotional or noticeable Although I love this state, as a believer, it is not a state that I can take when it comes to sharing our faith. I cannot be quiet. I cannot be relaxed.…

  • Not Today Satan

    January 10, 2017

    Jesus is by far one of the funniest people in the Bible to me. Not only did He have the greatest clapbacks of all time, I believe He coined this phrase, Not Today Satan, way before our existence. Let’s look back at the temptation of Christ.  Satan has some nerve coming up to THE Christ and tempting Him. But I am really grateful of this example. From it, we learn that we can defeat the temptations of the deceiver just like Jesus. Matthew 4 tells the story of the Temptation of Jesus. It begins with a fast that lasted 40…

  • Faith

    December 13, 2016

    If you could have any superpower, what would it be? As I continue on this life journey of adulting, the best choice would be to see the future. How cool would it be to see how your life is going to turn out…how c[razy]. Often enough, I find myself at a crossroads. I have to make a decision between two or even three different paths. Which way do I go? How will it turn out? What if I make a mistake and choose the wrong path? If only I could tap into my superpower to reveal to me which way…

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    Fix It, Jesus

    October 24, 2016

    Me: Lord, if you just get me out of this situation with no consequences, I promise that I will never do this again. I will get in my word every day and work aggressively to stay on the straight and narrow. Also me: Does exactly what I told the Lord I was going to never do again. I want to take a different approach to this tee. When I first purchased it, sure I thought it was funny and I saw it from a perspective that I, as a believer, must be confident in the fact that because my God is…