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I’ve  learned when you say yes to something, you’re simultaneously saying no to something else .   Distractions seem to have come in at all angles as of lately.  There are a lot of attacks specifically on marriages. In the midst of the times, don’t forget to spend time with your spouse. We can easily become distracted in our marriage. Anything that will divert your time/energy away from your marriage is dangerous. Energy poured out into ministries, voluntary work, careers, kids (yes, even kids… especially kids), friends, etc. These are essential and important but not as vital as investing time and work into your marriage. If your focus is on any of these AT THE EXPENSE of your marriage, it would be best to reprioritize and realign. Our family is a blended family. My husband and I have 7 children altogether. So, we’ve had our share of having to reprioritize every single time there’s a hiccup in our marriage. Naturally, it feels “right” to put our children first, especi...

Do you know you? I mean, truly know YOU. I thought I did...until I went through the roughest season in my life several years ago. It was a dark season. A season of the unknown. I found myself to be a single mom of 2. In those moments, I had to re-prioritize my life, and had a chance to get to know me; who I was. Getting to know yourself is not always the easiest because when you’re in a relationship, you become accustomed to “sharing” your life, to labeling yourself as a part of someone else. In that lonely season, it was dark and confusing. I had to get to know me again. The whole me. It wasn’t as easy as I had thought. A friend often said “date yourself”. You start to question yourself in the mirror during those dates. “Who are you?” “What do you like?” “What makes you happy?” “What will people think?” “What does God think of me?” ✨ To know your worth is to be able to know who you are, then love you for all of it, flaws inclusive. Flaws are what make you beautiful. Don’t offend Your ...

Scar | a mark remaining, indicating a wound that was once there. An old wound that has healed. A scar tells more of one’s story beyond what we see. Scars mark the wounds that a person has been inflicted with. From the outside, it looks like it has closed, mended and healed fine. Sometimes, we look at certain scars and the same feelings come flooding back. There are feelings attached to the scars you have. Often times we want to forget about them and move forward. But, the scar serves purpose. Think back on how you got the scar. It may hurt to think about it but God had trusted us with a task, given us the assignment and held us in the palm of His hands throughout the entire obstacle. At the end of that trial, it left us with scars. These scars are not meant to be forgotten. These scars are meant to be a testament of God’s work in our lives. These are merely testimonies that will reach the highest mountains and the lowest valleys. Jesus has scars too. Nail-pierced hands, feet, side and ...

When you hear these words, “secret place”, what are your first thoughts? Do you immediately think of a physical place you go to to get away from real-life problems? Do you think about a prayer room? Do you think about you & your spouse’s ‘getaway’ spot?  A secret place is described as a place you go to, to escape from whatever it is you want to get away from. You may have thought of one of those places mentioned above…or may not have. I know of a place where most people go to alone. A place where we choose who can enter and who are not allowed. Our secret place is somewhere we don’t even really consider a legitimate place. But, trust me…it’s legit! The mind. We escape into our minds not only when we’re alone but we have control to go to our secret place even in the midst of a crowded room. Yes. This is where we go to escape. You see, because here…we can be ourselves. Here, we can choose what enters in and choose what to keep out. There are barriers in our secret place. The mind...