Embrace Yourself Today

There is a pretty popular saying among many Christ circles, even among non-Christian circles and it says, “God won’t give you more than you can handle”. There was a time when I once found comfort in knowing that “God knows my limits, He knows what I can handle, He surely won’t let this (insert whatever horrible thing you can think of) happen, He KNOWS I couldn’t bear it”. I found comfort in that, even though I know it’s not exactly “Bible”. But then tonight, as I pondered that statement, God whispered something to my spirit, that forever changed the way I hear that saying.  But,  The Bible Doesn't Say That What I mean by, “it’s not exactly Bible” is, it doesn’t say anywhere in the Bible that, “God will not give you more than you can handle”; however, I think the idea of that saying, was born from this verse: 1 Corinthians 10: 13 which says, “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond ...

We are approaching one of the most dreaded holidays of the year, Valentine's Day. For many, this holiday has some type of negative reminder attached to it, be it a lost love or no love. Then there are others who just see it as pointless, a commercial holiday that forces you to spend unnecessary money you may not have. I understand the arguments, but I disagree with them all. Valentine's Day isn't for couples, it is for everyone, and it doesn't require money. I argue it only requires thoughtfulness and acts of love and that is why I broke up with society's manipulated understanding of Valentine's Day a long time ago. Instead, I have embraced it to be a day to demonstrate my love for everyone around me.  My mother celebrated everything  you can imagine. She loved life to the fullest. Every holiday was probably "over celebrated" to the average person, but for my mom, there was no such thing. Then there is my dad, the hopeless romantic, who pours ou...

As a deep thinker, it takes me time to process and wade through details and emotions surrounding certain occurrences in life; one of those times was the atrocity that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia in August of 2017.  I have spent my life coloring outside of the lines, marching to my own beat, walking against the grain and living unapologetically as myself. I will admit when I am wrong, I will stand up even if I am the only one standing, I live as transparently as possible- because mess is okay, life is messy. I am about to show you my mess- my racist, prejudice mess... For the first 24 years of my life I lived a very white life, a very privileged life, a very homogeneous life, a very safe life, a very conditioned life, a very ignorant life...and then I fell in love and married an African American man, and.that.all.changed . for FOREVER. I am still white, and still very privileged, but now with privilege comes pain- pain for my husband, my children, pain for the...