2021 the year of allowing God to work in my life

Woman don’t owe you pretty is a book written by Florence Given. It speaks on topics such as Patriarchy, feminism and racism. I recently started reading this book and it spoke to me a lot! One of the chapters that stood out to me was “you are the love of your own life.”   This is what I got from it:  Loving yourself is not a selfish act but it’s needed. Loving yourself helps you to set boundaries, communicating that boundary, and removing anyone out of your life who crosses that boundary, even after you have stated it. Loving yourself sets the tone for who you invite into your life, who gets a seat at your table. Loving yourself and growing helps you to see what adds value to your wants and needs and what doesn’t; what is for you and what isn’t. Loving yourself helps you to spot red flags and instead of accepting it you stop them from occurring again. An example of a red flag Florence Given stated, was a person who offers “crumbs” in other words “small gestures that people thro...

Today we have reached the second half of the year! I pray that this second half of the year will be amazing for all of you who are reading this. May God continue to guide you and watch over you, your family and friends as we enter this new season in our lives.   Ask yourself what you want out of the next 6 months of this year. Make note of all the things you are grateful for so far this year. Make note of as much positive things you can think of that has happened this year; even if it’s just one thing that stood out to you.  I’ll start with mine.  For the next 6 months, I want God to guide me. For the first 6 months of this year I have been all over the place, trying to figure out what path is the best path for me. These next 6 months I don’t want to be confused anymore. I want God to show me the right way, show me where to go, show me what’s next in my life. I’m ready for some change in my life, I’m ready to walk into what is meant for me. I’m ready to be guided. I want ...