DaringDebs

So many times I have found myself worrying about my future. Wondering about my purpose. The truth is that even when I think I reached the point of self-realization and fulfillment, I have to do it all over again that day. Just this past week I struggled with coming up with a Plan B, just in case I lost my job. I left home and became independent at 18 years old. I've mentioned before, I strongly believe leaving home so young is the reason why I struggle with the constant thought of a backup plan in the event I lose my job, or become sick, or get evicted... there's a lot of "what if's", but those are my main ones. Then the holy spirit of God spoke loud and clear. I actually faced all of the above. See right before I moved to Orlando the main contract agreement that secured my job was terminated, but God was a few steps ahead of me. I had to make the decision of leaving South Florida a few weeks prior to the contract termination announcement. The president of t

I want to write this blog on an extra personal level tonight. I wan to stay real and unfiltered. I experienced a season of hungering for the presence of God. I'm over it. My search to encounter God in a new way sometimes has challenges, but it also experiences breakthrough. My motivation for this search and devotion for the presence of God? ... ... To feel. I wanted to always have the feeling that He is aware of me and of my life issues. Wanting to " feel" love and affection is a natural part of who we are... However, the journey with God is that of faith, not feelings . The word of God tells us in the book of Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance for those things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen ... Did you read that? The EVIDENCE.  For me evidence represented a tangible substance. Evidence is a fact. Evidence can be documented. Evidence can be seen. But not with God, no with God we have to believe before we can see. We must faith-it-out ...

A month ago I made choices that were deeply rooted in faith. I took a road trip alone to a friend's house on Thanksgiving day. I travel alone all the time from Orlando to Miami to visit family, but this trip was different. Upon my arrival I received a warm welcome that would lead to many more wonderful shared moments of fellowship and faith. On my trip I met a resilient woman of faith. A woman that has walked with the Lord for quite some time and knows Him on a personal level. She shared how the Lord sustained her through some of the most difficult circumstances of her life. She confronted cut throat moments of life and death situations that screamed the loudest fears in her face, but her trust in God helped her chose faith over fear. I'm eternally grateful to my Lord for the time spent with this soldier of faith and as the word of God says in Proverbs 27:17 , " As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another ", and God knows why He brings people into our li