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 ...

So we are almost 6 months into the year 2021! Crazy how times flies. To whoever is reading this. I hope this year so far has been nothing but a blessing to you. I know it’s been a hard start to the year concerning covid, however, now that everything has slowly eased, I hope you’re making the most out of it. I hope you’re enjoying yourself to the fullest and making every single day count. I hope you’re still working on the goals you set for yourself at the start of the year, and I hope you’re achieving them or will achieve them soon!   This year for me so far involves, having as much fun as possible whilst figuring out the best pathway for me. Since the beginning of the year I’ve had to make really important decisions for myself. I really did think I finally had it all planned out with deciding to go to Eastbourne, work and continue my studies (please read my first blog: “2021 the year of allowing God to work in my life”) but as we know life has a funny way of doing what it does bes...

Recently I have been having doubts about the new decisions I am making for my life, a few worries and concerns. Am I going down the right path? Is this the best decision for me? I have been constantly overthinking my future plans; hoping and praying for God to guide me and lead me into the right direction. I am feeling like this because my plans consist of me stepping out of my comfort zone. I am doing something that I have never done before.   As I mentioned in my previous blog, change can be an uncomfortable experience. But what I didn’t mention is that it can also be the best, most amazing experience ever!  Sometimes life is about taking a leap of faith. Taking the risk. You don’t know the ending of the story and how everything will work out or fall into place but one thing for sure you will never wonder or question “what if?”  What if I went for it? How would my life be different? What if that decision was meant for me and I didn’t take it? You don’t want to wonder ho...

In my previous blog I wrote about how change can be an uncomfortable experience, however it is important as individuals to go through it and embrace every single change that happens in our lives.   (If you haven’t read “change” please read that first).  The question is how?  How can we accept change? How can we embrace it?  Feeling the emotion  One thing is to let yourself feel every single emotion that you’re feeling at the time. If you feel sad, scared, worried, anxious, angry, however you’re feeling, don’t try to avoid or suppress it. Let your emotions out, feel how you need to feel, write it down, express it to someone you’re comfortable talking to and pray about it.  As we know going through changes in life is not an easy process but suppressing your emotions, covering up how you really feel will only make it harder to accept the change happening.       2. Coming to a point of acceptance  At some point you need to get to a stag...

In life there is always going to be change whether we like it or not. Seasons change, your circle of friends change, your surroundings change, you even change. Your mindset elevates, you develop a better understanding of certain things that you couldn’t quite comprehend before.   Change is all apart of life. It is inevitable. Even though we don’t see it at the time, change helps us as individuals to develop into the person we are called to be. It pushes us closer to our purpose. Change is necessary for growth.  However, change doesn’t always feel good and can be looked at in a negative light. Sometimes we don’t like change, especially when we’re comfortable. Change removes that feeling of comfort, it removes that feeling of certainty and stability. Change is unknowing and can create feelings of anxiety and worrisome. Change is something that happens daily but can be very hard to cope with.  Though change can be an uncomfortable experience, it is essential. We may not unde...

Read aloud: I truly believe that God is putting together all the right pieces for me. I don’t know how he’s doing it and I don’t know what is going to happen next in my life but I know with each and every step I take, I’m walking into what is meant for me. I’m walking into greatness. I’m walking into success. I’m walking into an abundance of blessings. I’m walking into prosperity. I’m walking into joy. I am walking into peace. I am letting go of the past. I am walking into my purpose. I am walking into my calling. I am letting go of negative thoughts. I am the happiest I have ever been. I am stronger than I have ever been. I am the healthiest I have ever been. I am loved. I am cared for. I am thankful for everything that I have. I will achieve all my goals. God is on my side I cannot fail. Nothing is impossible.  Proverbs 17:22 A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. Philippians 4:19 And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of ...