He Won’t Put More On You Than You Can Bear

My dad’s diagnosis was a total shock. I was still grieving my mother and now I have to deal with this. “Really God?” I remember sharing the news with my Deacon and Minister Icie after service. I could not get it all out before I broke down and started crying. I guess the development of […]

To Everything There Is A Season

“…A time to kill and a time to heal…” ~ Ephesians 3:3 Healing does not happen overnight. It is a process. Sometimes a long, hard, and challenging process. During that process there are good days and bad days. Sometimes the process can make you question if you really are on the path to healing. And […]

God Can Handle My Anger

Life never prepares you for the devastating moments. Those moments that shred your heart into pieces. You’re never prepared to have your world rocked in such a way that you question your very reason for living. No, life doesn’t prepare you for or give warning of those moments. Instead, she comes on a mission, ruthless, […]

The Day My World Ended

I have heard it said before that a person who is about to die knows it. I can’t explain how they know. I guess it is a feeling that they have. I guess it is a feeling that my mother had. I asked her what she meant she was going to die. She said she […]

WHAT?!!!!!

My mother would have a few more hospital stays. She also had to have surgery which was petrifying for me. But God brought her through it. I recall a few nights after her surgery, my dad went home while I stayed for mommy duty. I was missing lying next to her, so for a few […]

The Battle Is Not Mine

The book of Ecclesiastes teaches us some fundamental facts about life: Life is fickle. Life is fragile. Life is fleeting. And Life is futile. In fact, as my pastor points out in his sermon titled ‘The Facts of Life’, if you are a babe in Christ the book of Ecclesiastes is not the book to […]

Developing Faith

My mother’s diagnosis taught me the power of the disciplines of prayer and fasting. On this Christian journey, fasting is not an option. The bible does not say “if you fast” it says “when you fast.” And at this point in my walk fasting was a fairly regular practice for me as my church fasted […]

The Journey Begins

Life was good in the city of brotherly love and sisterly affection. I was serving in my church home. I was serving in the community. I was serving my country. And I was enjoying my life. That’s not to say it was without challenges. However, in the grand scheme of things it was all […]

Omniscience of God

My parents relocated to Greenville NC in 2002. My mother was born and raised in Kinston NC and she always dreamed of being able to return “home.” Therefore when the opportunity presented itself, she seized it. My dad…..well…..he would have traveled to the end of the earth with her so it That left me in […]

Help My Unbelief

My journey as a Christian has taught me many valuable lessons. One of the biggest lessons has been never ask God what next. Never ask what else can go wrong because life has a way of showing exactly what else can go wrong. I have learned, and honestly still learning, to face every obstacle, every challenge, and every […]