” I’ll never allow anyone to hurt me ever again” have you ever said this before? Perhaps you didn’t realize this statement flipped the off switch of your emotions. To say you will never let anyone hurt means you must not feel. We have no control over people hurting us. The control we have is…
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Purity After Sexual Abuse Part 4: Letting God Let It Go
“You have to ” Let Go and Let God”. I have heard this statement many times especially when I opened up about being molested. People would hush me with this quote. If people aren’t careful they can do damage with those 5 words. First hand those words impacted me. People think this quote is biblical…
Purity After Sexual Abuse Series: Part 2 Maintaining Your Purity
As a little girl, I envision being a dancer; a pointe ballerina to be exact. Tiny black girl with big puffy coiled hair gelled up in a bun. Black leotard, with a pink sparkly tutu, and pointe ballet shoes. As I do a perfect Plie I search for the face of a proud father but…
New Series: Purity After Sexual Abuse
Sexual Abuse and Purity are two words we never hear in the same sentence. Back in 2017, God whispered ” Purity After Sexual Abuse”. I wept when I heard this because I have always felt dirty and shameful for my past. Never did I think the stains of being violated could come clean. The…
Can I Really Honor My Mother and Father? I’m in foster Care
If you asked me a year ago, do I honor my Mother and Father? I would have given you the meanest 13-year-old sassiest eye roll ever. Then I would have proceeded to give you the grocery list of reasons why I felt my parents were unworthy of being honored. However, the more I learn about…
Running Through The Fog
These last few months have been a blur. Gulping down cups of caffeine to stay awake. Conforming to sweatpants living. Stepping on the scale to see numbers I’ve never identified with. Beating myself up for getting a C in English followed by an F in Biology.
From Unstable to Committed.
Growing up the only consistency was inconsistency life was chaotic. I had no idea of what discipline was all I knew was conditional love and inconsistency. God always has a plan for restoration. God is always teaching things we have missed in my childhood. So if you are someone who missed out on certain things God will…
Breaking Down Stone Cold Walls
New York City building lights are beautiful but when you live in an gated community called “ I’ll never let anyone hurt me again” its hard to see anything hopeful. Trust me this isn’t a sappy post but an exciting one because I’m sharing about moving to a new place in my life called” ” No barriers No Limits, No…
Moving From Behind the Shadow
Processes aren’t easy. I knew God was doing something massive when he began to pull the false identities from under me like a rug. It started when I looked in the mirror and couldn’t identify the person who was looking back at me. I tried to play it off by saying maybe it’s the new…
My Love Awaits You
I started writing this post back in August and felt inspired to name it ” Get Your Own Love” but as I complete this post I heard the lord whisper ” My Love Awaits You”.So many of us are among God but we don’t know him intimately. God has a special package of LOVE waiting for…
Refined Treasures 