I have learned that faith is like a muscle, the more you use it, the stronger it becomes.

3 Things To Consider if You’re Waiting on Boaz Waiting on Boaz seems to be the common theme among Christian women. Everybody wants a Boaz. I remember when I first developed my own personal relationship with God, giving over my singleness to Him was hard to do. I was afraid that His standards would leave me single for the rest of my life. But then one day He asked me… “Well, has anything you’ve tried in your strength and wisdom gotten you married with children?” To which my response was “no”. And He said “Exactly”. But I’ve digressed. One of…

“I was teased growing up,” I began.  “For three years, male and female tweens talked about the size of my nose, the color of my skin, my skinny legs, and non existent breast,” I continued.  Initially, I had no intentions of divulging my adolescent tale of woe with the fourth and fifth grade mentees, but I deemed it necessary. Just before my comments the girls viewed a PowerPoint presentation of women thought of as beautiful:  Beyonce, Rihanna, Ciara, and then Lupita Nyong’o.  The immediate response to Lupita’s image was one of disdain. She was dark and her hair was short.…

Here are 6 Steps to Better Understanding The Bible

“Do not rejoice over me, my enemy; when I fall, I will arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.” (Micah 7:8) Getting back up after a fall is never easy for it requires a great deal of stamina to pull yourself up from a horizontal position to a vertical position. I remember viewing a Track and Field meet on television and watching two seasoned female athletes compete against each other. It was obvious from looking at both of them that they were in superb physical condition and had prepared themselves for this hurdling competition.…

“The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” (Exodus 14:14) So that really handsome, God fearing man that you thought was going to be your husband just broke broke your heart. Depression is knocking at your door and you just want to sulk in your own misery. Your family and close friends all just want to comfort you, but they hit you with those cliches that you just don’t want to hear. Some of them go something like this: “Oh girl, you deserve better.” “God has a better plan.” “He just wasn’t the one for you.” “God…

I was in disbelief. Did I just stand up and pledge $2,000 to help build our new church? My inner voice was screaming… “Are you crazy? Did you just stand up in front of all these people and say you’d give $2,000? You know that you can’t sit back down, people are watching you. You do know that you just made a vow to God and He doesn’t take vows lightly.” I felt faintish, but I couldn’t turn back now. Over the past year, I sowed a seed here and there. My balance owed was $1,400. That spring, I received…

If you are having a hard time moving past a painful time, I encourage you to lift up this prayer:

There are certain sayings that on the surface appear to be a bit selfish. Like the saying “I can do bad all by myself ” or “I don’t need no one. It’s team me, myself and I”.  While these sayings may sound like they’re coming from a place of arrogance and pride, to the contrary, they come from a place of self-defeat.  Many of us as women have experienced a certain level of defeat in our lives, particularly in our relationships/friendships.  I know I have. In this place, we begin to devalue relationships and start to believe that everything and everyone is…

I didn’t want to be alone when I was single. My single state felt like an uncomfortable glove. I was addicted to love and the feeling it produced in me. I wasn’t very selective when it came to choosing whom the love came from, I just wanted someone to quell my desire; at the time I didn’t see it that way, I just called it “dating”. One failed relationship proceeded another in hopes that the giddiness of new love would numb out the pain of the previous one. Looking back it was a destructive vicious cycle with no end. I…

I’m from New York. I’ve lived there for twenty-somewhat years. It’s the city that never sleeps. Never stops. For better or for worse, that’s ingrained in me. So though, I’ve been living in the sanctity of peaceful Maryland for the last 4.5 years, that New- York- work-now-rest-never spirit still lives in me. And I’m working on it. I’m working on it because for most of my adult life, (and I’m only 26)  I have silently struggled with anxiety and hypertension. My mental and physical well-being depends on me finding rest often and consistently. I’m working on it. I work a…

My roommate finally walked in. It was our very first day at the university. We exchanged our details then she asked… “What does your mom do?” I had to think very fast because I was not about to say “she sells fruits and vegetables”… so instead I said “she works at a bank” That’s what I told her and everybody else I met at the university. You see this didn’t seem like a big lie at first. They don’t even know me and they will never really find out about my mom. It might have been a small lie but I had given…

Here are 5 Things The Bible Teaches Us About God’s Grace: When you start to feel hopeless… remember that by God’s grace, nothing is impossible.

One of the greatest gifts we are given as followers of Christ is grace. For a moment I want you to picture Jesus Christ on the Cross. Blood, sweat, and tears encompass this pivotal crucifixion. He bared the weight of our sins, even the ones we don’t know we will commit yet, and still He chose us anyway. He chose YOU anyway. He chose ME anyway. Despite our past, present, and future, He chose love and covered us in the truest form of forgiveness: grace. The power of God’s grace is immeasurable, in fact, I am certain that we have…

After 4 1/2 years of employment with the bank, I’d just been fired. Relief and uncertainty followed as I gathered my belongings and headed out the door. Later that evening, I headed off to Bible Study. Service was great. I felt renewed, rejuvenated and was ready for a new start.  Fast forward three weeks later… The mortgage was due and my funds were low. Two weeks prior, the car broke down and my small “egg nest” had been depleted. Rewind…Three years earlier. I’d just purchased my first home. My daughter was attending private school, which meant monthly tuition payments had…

Stay on a Godly path and God will allow the right people to come along to join you.

As I look around me every day, I am constantly aware of the brevity of life. As a child is birthed into this world at any given moment, the same goes for a life that is taken away. We didn’t come on this earth to stay; we are just sojourners on this path of what we call life. Yet, we go about our daily lives as if we have all the time in the world not aware that we could be here today and gone tomorrow. I know we don’t like to talk much about death but dying is inevitable.…

Whether it’s allotting a few hours a day to browse potential Tinder candidates or venturing out to the local coffee bar more often than you should, finding “Mr. Right” is often top priority on any single gal’s to-do list. Infatuated with the idea that the man of our dreams isn’t far beyond our reach, we find hope in stumbling into the quaint coffee shop, committing to the right gym or attending the crowded party in order to land in his very presence.  You name it–I’ve dated. From the habitual cheater to the nonsensical liar, my unhealthy enumeration of men could…

Perhaps you know the feeling of waiting for your phone to charge? You’ve run out of batteries, you’ve plugged the phone in and now there’s nothing to do but sit and wait? And even if it really only takes a matter of minutes (and even though it’s nothing more than a phone), you start to feel tense and anxious, wondering how long this could possibly take. Most people don’t like to wait. We often get frustrated waiting on fast food or waiting behind the slow car in the fast lane. We are always in a rush to get to the…

God loves you on your best day, your worst day, and any other day!