May 20, 2020 was chosen as the date to launch the rebrand because…
Now is the time to share this major shift that has happened in my life. A shift I finally accepted. A shift that was a long time coming. This is why I started over my life, my blog and my walk with God. Well, y’all I won’t go into too much detail because that could turn into a book. But I will share enough on why becoming a Faith Blogger in the midst of a pandemic is a shift others may have seen coming but definitely not me.
17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ [that is, grafted in, joined to Him by faith in Him as Savior], he is a new creature [reborn and renewed by the Holy Spirit]; the old things [the previous moral and spiritual condition] have passed away. Behold, new things have come [because spiritual awakening brings a new life].
2 Corinthians 5:17 Amplified Bible
Whew…let’s get started with why I started over when things from the outside looked like it was going so well in my life and with my blog.
It all started when Hurricane Harvey flooded the city. Thankfully, I was away at a conference in California but getting back took 10 days. Fast forward because we don’t need to know all those details.
Things began shifting in my life, with my blog, at my job and with the blog group I was running. A shift I guess needed to happen because I was getting comfortable in my life but at the same time I didn’t want anything to change because my routine was on point. I was finally comfortable in my life after what seemed an eternity. At least in my mind
Not even a few months after Harvey changed southeast Texas the first crack in my life began to unravel when someone I called a friend just literally verbally assaulted and accused me of things I had nothing to do with. When people saw that, let me tell you. The vultures began circling and a full-on attack started. Now I had heard about spiritual attacks and may have experienced some before but didn’t know it. But this one…………………………….. I completely melted down y’all. I felt lost in the wilderness. I was so unprepared on how to handle myself.
On my former blog (this one actually but a name change and rebrand took place) I shared more but took those posts down because I was releasing my pain, hurt, frustration and people took that as me being angry or trying to tear others down. That was the furthest from the truth. That’s not who I am, nor who I want to be known as. So, I did a rebrand and this blog will share my journey of walking into the person God created me to be.
Let’s get back to why I started over.
I had been following then eventually became Facebook friends with Pastor Kia Moore. At the time she was a minister sharing with women online. Then she started a church in Memphis in 2018 and I began to watch weekly. Eventually I joined as a member. This was the beginning of me getting equipped to fight the spiritual attack I was in. Also not realizing she was equipping me with Biblical tactics for the fight of my life.
Zooming past more mundane details. Well I think they are relevant but again, I don’t want to come across as angry or upset when it was just what happened. And those who’ve followed my blogs over the past decade you know I don’t sugarcoat anything. What I am doing is making sure what I share on this blog is sharing the message I want others to receive in the manner in which I want them to receive it. So, I’m being intentional about presenting my words.
Okay, whew…..back to my journey on becoming a Faith Blogger.
Now we’re to 2019 and I did my first 40 day fast. Y’all it was one of the hardest things I had ever done in my entire life. But when it was over my family said they could feel the breaking in the atmosphere. It was worth it for that very reason. When I finished my fast God gave me the word, ’shift’. I had no idea what that meant. And it was only the second time I could clearly relate that God was speaking directly to me. The first was when I was instructed to start my fast and I did within 72 hours. I had to finish all my chocolate and ice cream first. Y’all, I am still learning to be obedient immediately.
December 30, 2019 I heard the word, ‘shift’ again and that’s when I knew I needed to act. I decided I was going to spend at least a month visiting my church in person. I headed to Memphis. Oh did I forget to mention I quit my job the next day. The day after I decided to go to Memphis. I was nervous but now with this pandemic, I’m so grateful I did. I worked at an office that worked with consulates in Houston. There were all types of people who came into the office and with all that’s happening in the world a lot of what we did in that office can’t be done right now. I would have probably been laid off anyway. I’m glad I left on my terms.
Anyway, I came back to Texas after almost a month in Memphis to get my stuff together as I was planning to return. Then the pandemic crept up. And I got stuck in Texas but I’m okay with it now.
The time I’ve spent tucked away in the country has allowed me to really hear from God and begin to adjust to the ‘shift’ I had no choice but to make.
What choice is that?
It’s to accept that God has called me to share His message via my blog with those who have left the church wounded or hurt but still want to have a relationship with Him.
Now we’re here. We’re at the beginning of this shift I finally accepted. We’re at the beginning of this journey together. We’re at the beginning of me walking fully, unashamed in my purpose.
- I started over because my soul was restless doing something that no longer fed me.
- I started over because God had been tugging on me for years to be more vocal about a side of Christianity that’s not often visible.
- I started over because being obedient to God’s calling on your life seems like the thing to do to live a more peaceful life. IJS.
I’m excited, nervous but I’m ready to do what I was created to do. And that’s to use my words to………
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