Why Worry?

Monday June 21nd, 2014

  

The bible commands us to not worry. Jesus taught us that worry is one of the most ineffective pastimes that we acquire. Not one single hour is added to your life by worrying. Worry is the assassin of rest and of relationships. It steadily stalks us and hijacks the mind. While we may continue to function publicly, there is still a sinister force lurking within us. This enemy called a "sense of completion", which comes from within and which cannot be achieved by the mere acquisition of things.

Luke 12:34

 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

We often wrestle with things we cannot change. In going into the summer, I had goals on internships I wanted to acquire and wanted to make sure everything I would be doing would be pleasing unto the Lord. Often like many, from the time you put in your application you start to think and worry on the possibilities, whether you will get accepted or not. By God's grace these thoughts also came into my head but I used God's prescription to combat the worry.

God's prescription for worry is prayer.  

Philippians 4:6-7 

"Be careful for nothing: but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known unto God. And the pece of God which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hears and minds through Christ Jesus"

God took control of my situation this summer by allowing me to gain a meaningful volunteer experience I will be getting paid for and participating in a great leadership summer institute. It was all because I didn't let thoughts of worry, I prayed and leaned on him.

It was a blessing to attend one of the summer program I applied and got accepted to, NEW Leadership NJ. New Leadership is a program located at the Center for American Women and Politics within the Eagleton Institute of Politics. It is is a bi-partisan, residential program to educate college women about the political process and teach them to become effective leaders in their communities. I was apart of a national network of college woman from different socioeconomic backgrounds whom learnt from Women Leaders in the political sphere and addresses issues of diversity among many other topics.  I was also able to meet high ranking woman in public serve that I could build relationships with. It was an extra blessing to learn most were believers of God! It proves God truly reigns.

 I look forward to seeing where else God has for me. It won't involve worry,but sold out consecrated that God's got me. Do you believe he's got you?

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From your Sister in Christ ,

Janet Adeola Songonuga

Here is an excellent bible study on being free from worry and anxiety

 Some more pictures from the Program 

(Lieutenant Governor &Secretary of State for NJ)

(NJ Secretary of Higher Education)

Let this encourage you. God's got your life and love story. <3

 

 

Why we WOMAN need protection

Monday June 2nd, 2014

                

Imagine this. You are honored to be married. You conceive and because you are married you have no thoughts of aborting but choose to keep the baby. The baby is full term and ready to come out of the womb.As the baby is coming out through the birth canal and then the vaginal walls it happens to OPEN up it's eyes. The baby will be revealed as to how many men's privates had entered into your vaginal walls. Will the baby be able to say it's just been your husband, her father or will she be confused and witness men from middle school, highschool, and times when maybe you felt ENTITLED to sleep with boys in college and beyond, featured within your vaginal walls?

A lack of protection and wise counsel will and has lead many of us woman to find comfort between our legs and the most intimate parts of our hearts.  

As woman according to God's views of us we are special, queens,far above rubies, fragile and to therefore to be handled with care. God made in place three forms of protection, for us woman to gladly take advantage of, to use, so we are not to be misguided and abused. 

The First of these protections is God through his son Jesus Christ.  I understand some of you reading this already know God and by His grace know him through the Lord Jesus Christ, the ONLY way to Him. But you may not understand what is meant when he seeks to protect us woman. The psalmist David writes in;

Psalm 91:1-2

 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

Think of God like that guy with open arms that you know gives great heart felt hugs and is there to ward off the jerks that come about in this world; that's how God is and that's what he seeks to be for us woman who choose to yield to him, take upon his ways, and forsake our worldly life, thoughts, and actions. He truly wants to be the guy you talk to on that phone call...to heaven all night long as your refuge... and the guy you spend all weekend with  on that campsite , as your fortress. God the protector that will never gossip about you and in whom you can truly trust. 

How do you get to come to be so intimate with our Almighty God? Even those who have confessed their sins and became Born Again still struggle with feeling close to Him. (I have yet to write a blog on how I spend time with God but I will.) All there is to it is opening up the Holy Scriptures and reading, meditating, and studying them. Learning Gods words for yourself will assure you of how special, worthy, and well respected you are to carry yourself. God will heal you, comfort you,and convict you to run away from those sins like sexual perversion that will not only ruin your life but ruin your one singular body.

1 Corinthians 6:18

18 Run from sexual sin! No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does. For sexual immorality is a sin against your own body.

The Second protection we as woman are to have are our fathers and additional brothers that are birthed from your earthly father. Sometimes I have to remind us woman it took two to make us, a man and a woman, a sperm from the father and an egg from the mother. Therefore, although moms have been deemed more maternal towards the children as it even encourages in scriptures, a fathers touch, love, discipline and protection is vital in a woman's life. A Father is to be the second in command to God. After running to God to cry and be joyful with, she is to run to her father and do the same.A father is to be a part of major decisions in her life such as schooling, marriage, moving, courtship and such. As woman we are to provide access in allowing our father to be active in our lives if our fathers aren't actively wanting to be involved. You must understand our fathers are men, and so they  have a manly, unique perspective to this world. It's something we woman will NEVER get, we weren't wired as men, as much as many of us like to claim we can be both men and woman. Truth is we can't. Many fathers I have learned, want to be involved and aren't given the outlets to. When it comes to knowing our self-worth, our fathers help to ward of the cunning men who want to rob us of our dignity, and the men that we are so desperate for that we are only cheating our own-selves as woman. Our fathers are called to pray with us and are called to provide for us, something we are to look for in our future husband. I further expounded on the role of Christian fathers in this blog. As an older brother or younger brother you are second after your father. Your father may not be on instagram, or on the school campus where you and your sisters are. Look out for her, assure her of her beauty and her worth, so other guys in the world won't.

For those that don't have fathers, or have fathers who are inactive, the bible lets us know in

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do good. Seek justice.Help the oppressed.Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows.

James 1:27

 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world

Those who identify as members of the body of Christ as Christians and are a part of the church are to take on those without fathers. So sister you are to find a church home, not find total comfort in your guy friends, courting partner, or whomever. Join a church, get acquainted with the Pastor and the first family, his wife and children. They will be able to pour into you Gods love, which is what you truly need to fulfill your life's calling and purpose and to keep your body under subjection. <3

The Third and last protection God is calling for  woman to have is our husband. I know some will say well not every woman is called to be married. Well that is true but my deepest desire is to see every woman with the desire to marry, get married in the Lord and have this beautiful protection of a husband that's being lead by God and not his own earthly will. In one of my favorite passages in the bible it lets us know, 

For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. (Ephesians 5:23). In Ephesians 5:22 and 24 it further reads Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord; Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. For our husbands to truly be our beautiful protector we must submit to him as his wife. We must respect him. Not doing this makes his protection null and void and you will feel confused and misused. There is no way around it. In this same chapter the Lord commands the husbands to love and cherish us, so in our submission to them we are able to enjoy his admonition. In that we draw strength, feel appreciated, loved, and are able to live this singular life in peace and hope till we go to heaven. It's such a beautiful protection and my prayer is for every sister to enjoy it and or continue to enjoy it if already married.

Yes we woman are strong, we are able to be independent, smart, witty, and God knows this, He made us. We misunderstand our worth and the strength and powers we have can be used for good or for harm. We are seriously princess and queens in God's eyes and that why he has these protections in place to ensure we live the BEST LIFE.

For those who may have never heard of these protections or of the Lord Jesus Christ, today is your day to be able to receive him newly into your heart, or rededicate your life to him. Jesus did not come to win more of the already saved and righteous, but for sinners. Woman who have already  slept with multiple men when He wants and has called us to keep our bodies for our husband; Or woman with anger, drunkenness or whatever. If you also don't feel beautiful or worthy God wants to be your covering and wants to pour lovely thoughts in your ears. All you have to do is confess all your sins and wrong doings and say through your mouth and believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is Lord, pick up the bible and walk in your victory. Congratulations and welcome into the kingdom of God!

In lieu of writing and starting a series entitled "What habits  do you support" that I know will really bless you all as much as it blessed me in hearing and writing what the Lord showed to me; I was lead to speak on the protection we woman need. I pray you were able to learn from this.

Thank you for reading! Please Share. God bless you!

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From your Sister in Christ ,

Janet Adeola Songonuga

Where does your strength come from?

Friday May 16, 2014

In the summer of  2011, I hit rock bottom in my own personal life. This one sin I had kept hidden from the world finally caught up to me. If that wasn't worse enough, it seemed the devil wasn't done with his attacks and hit me again even stronger, leaving me in a state of confusion, and making me wonder if my life was really over. The plans I had set were completely wiped away. So..to cope with these events I went to who I had always used to cope since the age of 14; my boyfriends, boo things, whatever guy I was talking to or dating. They were my god, my idols.

These "friendships" were my drugs.

Naturally as we grow older we find different things to latch onto and to help us cope in life. Once it was your parents, then you out grow them and it may have been a stuffed animal, neighbor etc. The key point is as you grow up you found DIFFERENT things to help you cope. It's never just ONE constant thing. You see, as you mature you acquire different needs and so different coping personalities are needed to speak into these changes you continue to experience as you grow older. 

(Where does your strength come from?)

For me when I became off age to date by society standards, my strength came from my boyfriends. That was my escape, my drug, my oasis. They were in and out of my life, no one bf stayed too long. The reason why these men were constantly being overturned and going through a revolving door was because they didn't give me permanent satisfaction.  In making them my coping mechanism I received TEMPORARY relief, TEMPORARY comfort, nothing they gave me ever lasted.

So, as I look at society, people in my age group, older and younger, I hear things like, "I can't wait to get off work, I am going to hit up happy hour then I gotta go, sleep and the cycle starts again tomorrow", or "Gosh, we ain't married yet but sis that sex is all I need right now", or "If I don't hit this blunt I don't know how else I will survive." Many of my sister and brothers are receiving their strength from temporary pleasures in this world. 

It's evident they are temporary because one, with alcohol, you drink it, you feel a buzz, it passes through your system and your problems still remain. 

When you engulf any type of substance and or drug you get a high, it passes through your system and your problems still remain. 

When you put your hope, trust, and all you have in humans, your unsaved boyfriend, girlfriend, wife or husband,the day they hurt you, cheat on you, abuse you, or even leave this earth you see the frail manner in their existence. You become aware ones life can be taken away at any moment.

The Lord tells us, humans in general and even thinking of ourselves, we are frail, to not put our trust in our strength that will one day cease and fail.  God tells us to not lean on our own thoughts that continuously think evil things:

1 Peter 1:24

King James Version (KJV)

24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

Isaiah 2:22

Don’t put your trust in mere humans.
    They are as frail as breath.
    What good are they?

finally...

Jeremiah 17:9

“The human heart is the most deceitful of all things,
    and desperately wicked.
    Who really knows how bad it is?

So no human being can be an effective coping mechanism as many of us choose to think.

You see for many years I took my strength and had my fix from things of this world. Then a a little under two years I encountered the greatest love of all. A person, God that truly when I run to him, trust in him, ask questions to him, and cry out to him he answers, holds, and comforts me. That strength, I found in Jesus. Jesus became and is truly a constant. A friend, lover, redeemer that has never changed and will never fail.

Then one would ask "Janet! How does God comfort and hold you, he is not even real!"Well sis, brother, God is real. Although not physically in front of me,  when you accept him he inputs the holy spirit in you to help you feel his presence and understand him. Spiritually he is all around too, his beauty and grace is all around us in his creations of this world.

1 John 4:12

12 No one has ever seen God. God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.

If you've said ok, my current coping mechanism isn't really working and I think I want to try something different.  In  Isaiah 64:6 it lets us know:

For all of us have become like one who is unclean, And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; And all of us wither like a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. SO you aren't the only one who has dabbled in the worlds ways of things. I have, all Christians have. 

I am inviting you to try Jesus. He is real, he still saves, and he is still in the business of transforming and saving lives today. With God you don't have to worry about gossip from humans, failing health/organs due to substance abuse, overdose, and heartbreak. His words when read and believed will assure you and will comfort you. Jesus is ready to truly take you by the hand and guide you once you say Yes to him, and no to everything in this world.

Psalm 23:1-6

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

It works for me and I know it will work for you! I love you and I am praying for you.

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From your Sister in Christ ,

Janet Adeola Songonuga

Do you have a coveting spirit?

Thursday, May 8th 2014

I remember all too often; Times when I just HAD to have my sisters shoes, or clothes, or candy and my mom telling me in these exact words, "don't you have enough of your own, God doesn't like covetousness" I didn't see anything wrong with taking their things at that time and not being satisfied with my own portion. Little did I know these little acts were planting seeds of greater discontent with not being content with my portion, and would later lead to extreme levels of covetousness, resulting to a more horrendous sin of stealing and much more being born.


What is Coveting/Covetousness?

A well illustrated  example is given in the parable Jesus delivers in Luke 12, which we will break down and discuss in this blog. 

Covetousness is a strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for  things of the world, riches or money; These "things" mean and include someone else's or store marked, clothing, shoes, other fashion materials, household items, food, someone's husband/wife, friend, and more.  It's an act purely marked by Lust. The items are being obtained without any legal work, and or its wanting to just fulfill an ungodly urge or desire. By being covetous you are being greedy!

Examples of coveting in the Bible:

Exodus 20:17

17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

Colossians 3:5

 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

Hebrews 13:5

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have:

1 Timothy 6:9

 But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

Wanting something or someone that is not yours is a SIN. It can be the death of your spiritual and physical life. We need to understand that this particular act starts in the heart. One day you start thinking that Mr. (so and so) is so handsome. He starts eyeing you, you start eyeing him. You overhear he is married, but you've already planned out that romantic date in your head. One day things are rocky in his marriage and he asks you out, you have no shame in your game and you say yes. You've just stolen another woman's husband, Girl! Not only have you now coveted someone's man you are committing adultery!!

An all too common scenario is when we get into a roommate situation. Yes, our roommate is more then generous with her/his items..once asked permission for. You start to eye this one item though, the roommate has particular said that is OFF limits. But you must have it, it's been imagined in your heart for months now. The perfect opportunity presents it's self and bam, you take it. COVETOUSNESS has just be committed.

In a world of social media today, it's so easy to focus on ones highlights they post online. Remember, no one rarely posts when life hits, brings them down or there is an obstacle in the road. So we are looking and lusting at the things people have due to their online content but in reality they are dead and far removed from God. Is it really worth it? NO.

Covetousness will eat at you, you will never be satisfied, it will leave you empty when you gain what you've committed to having due to lust.

Jesus in Luke 12 shares a parable with the masses about this subject matter:

He starts of in verse 15 saying boldly to beware of covetousness, because life is not measured by how much "stuff" we acquires here one earth.

Let's read:  

Luke 12

 16 Then he told them a story: “A rich man had a fertile farm that produced fine crops. 17 He said to himself, ‘What should I do? I don’t have room for all my crops.’ 18 Then he said, ‘I know! I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. Then I’ll have room enough to store all my wheat and other goods. 19 And I’ll sit back and say to myself, “My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?’

21 “Yes, a person is a fool to store up earthly wealth but not have a rich relationship with God.”

PAUSE: You see beloved, when you allow the coveting spirit to overtake you, your relationship with God is void, null, and deleted. You have now made that object you seek, your god.

Jesus in this same passage shares with us beautiful solutions to those of us who have a problem desiring other people's possessions or items needed to be taken to fill a void.

Jesus tells us :

• Not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food to eat or enough clothes to wear. 
•  For life is more than food, and your body more than clothing. Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? 
• And if worry can’t accomplish a little thing like that, what’s the use of worrying over bigger things?
• Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?
• And if worry can’t accomplish a little thing like that, what’s the use of worrying over bigger things?
• And if God cares so wonderfully for flowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?
• And don’t be concerned about what to eat and what to drink. Don’t worry about such things. 
• These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers all over the world, but your Father already knows your needs. 
•  Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and he will give you everything you need.
• Store up treasure for you in heaven! And the purses of heaven never get old or develop holes. Your treasure will be safe; no thief can steal it and no moth can destroy it. 
• Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.

The Lord is calling you home, he is calling you to not let the things on this earth that will fade away be your target, to not allow you to commit sin, end up in jail or feel extreme guilt. He wants you to set your sight on things above, not on things on this earth. 

He is calling you to repent if you've identified you have this spirit so He can enter into your life and make you whole and free.

Beloved, I used to have this spirit and in the mental health world it had its own name.But the day I gave my life to Jesus Christ, it was erased. I was now content in the greatest love of all, the love of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ.

Here are some other verses you can meditate on that will sure help you! 

1 John 2:15-17,Matthew 16:26 , James 4:2 , Mark 4:19

I want, need, and desire you to feel this love! I love you and I am praying for you! 

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May you find comfort in this song.

From your Sister in Christ,

Janet Adeola Songonuga

(I am in the middle with the newest couple in town. At their wedding. )

All my Ladies!!!

Are you Sanctified?

Sunday, April 20th 2014

Let's start with this scenario:

You woke up this morning. You could have felt better, but you praised God non the less. Read a quick verse on your Bible app, prayed a little prayer and went about your day. Oh! And today it seems like every single person and situation wants to push your  buttons so in turn they all get on your nerves! A car passes you by, you don't curse but you start thinking evil things, when you tell your friend later it's when a curse word slips out. Later you realize your sibling or roommate may have taken something you needed, you totally blow UP just for the small thing that you'll probably eventually get back later. On facebook, instagram, twitter you post an encouraging verse but yet you are so discouraged, have extreme disbelief and ready to punch the next person that comes at you wrong.

Are you sanctified?

The above situation speaks about a brother or sister who may have given their life to Jesus Christ, but they are babies in Christ and are not yet Sanctified.

Sanctification is an experience, a gift given by God after one has received Salvation. Salvation is simply explained in Mark 16:16 which states:

16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved

Salvation is receiving, believing in Jesus and then putting on a new man by becoming Born Again. Jesus explains salvation is just the beginning of a journey that is to be ran steadily till ones physical death or His return to earth. 

Sanctification is an act where ones heart is purified and made holy. God takes your filthy heart that you've given to Christ at salvation and replaces it with a new heart to not have you continue to struggle with pleasing God and spitting out the customs you've adopted from family or the world. Salvation gives you entrance into God's family but Sanctification brings you to the table of holiness.

Sanctification gives you an undeniable peace, that will hold you together in situations when it seems the world will end, but because of God's grace you stand. If you have purposed in your heart to follow the Lord but it seems sins like anger and sins against your body like sexual sin and blasphemy keep rising, sanctification is an experience that will help rid those sins forever.

In Scripture we find many explanations of sanctification. Here are some:

1 Thessalonians 5:22,23,24

22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

1 Thessalonians 4:3

3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

Ephesians 5:26

26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

Hebrews 13:12

12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.

1 John 1:7

7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Yes alot of scripture, but from reading you'll see God yearns and desires for each and everyone of his followers to be sanctified. Salvation is not enough to keep you in this now sin saturated world you've had your eyes open up to. We need God's increased grace and our hearts to be changed

Towards the end of the scriptures stated above, what's described is the after effect of sanctification. Temptations that may not have been so hard to roll and walk away from are now incredibly easy to leave when sanctified.  You have increased power to now walk in the light and stay in the light. Sanctification also helps you be separate from the things of the world. You see as a changed person, a new man there must be a clear difference.At Salvation you may still go to the club,bar, sports games and maybe not partake in the drinking with no real heavy conviction. But it reads in

1 Peter 1:14-16

14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. 

That taste to go to these places will be removed. Secret sins that protrude even after you've poured your heart out unto God in church like lying, stealing,porn watching masturbation, homosexuality, and keeping a fictitious husband or wife from novels movies or TV shows will be no more! For females and men the dressing that you start getting convicted off to not wear, you'll be given the grace to truly let it go and really embrace modesty..a very lost virtue!

Sanctification is essential to receive. Due to it's result of bringing holiness of life and purity of heart these makes for the center of Christian living. 

A key difference to note is salvation is a one time experience! Yes one can receive Christ and backslide, but they just come to God for forgiveness not re-receive salvation. Sanctification is also a one time experience however it's   an experience that deepens and grows. So if you are dealing with anger and you've received sanctification by God's grace,and still lash out, don't feel condemned, go before the name of the Lord, pray and he'll give you more wisdom and self control for the next time.

By God's grace I prayed and sought the Lord and was sanctified in 2013. Believe me, I didn't know I had it because it seemed the littlest things would get on my nerves. The undeniable peace that comes with sanctification wasn't consistent. When I knew I received it, I felt an overwhelming peace. I could tell you my life right now and you would say why aren't you far away somewhere, it is because the peace of God resides in my heart. I am sanctified and lean totally on our Lord and savior Jesus Christ and know everything will work out for good. 

When you grow spiritually everything else encompassing your life improves for the better!

God is calling you to this experience if you've received him into your life. If you have't received him, he is calling you home. Just seek him, wait upon the Lord for him and by God's grace sanctification will be yours too.I am praying for you. I love you.

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So, I ask you to share your comments below are you sanctified?

From your Sister in Christ with a Heart of Friend,

Janet Adeola Songonuga

P.S When you come into faith it's very important that you stay faithful to what God has asked you to do. For me it was to start this blog and upkeep it. I sincerely apologize for how long it has taken for a new blog to come out. By God's grace I will go back to being more consistent. May God bless you as you read and share it <3

(There is a new Name Written down in Glory! Me and my newly Born Again cousin that just gave her life to Jesus< 3 SO excited for her journey. I love you!)

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