Monday, July 25, 2016

And the Winner is...

As some point or another I am sure that most little girls has played beauty pageant. I know I am guilty of it. Being influenced by pageants such as Miss America or even Miss Universe we have fantasied what it would be like to hold one of those elite titles.

Here is the scenario: Dressed in your Sunday’s best you set to parade yourself down the imaginary aisle in your room and pose with fierceness to impress the cotton filled judges in hopes of obtaining that honor. “And the first runner up who will take the place if the winner is unable to perform her duties is Malibu Barbie… (Inser drum roll) which means Bekah you are now crowned 2016’s Miss African America.” Your acceptance speech begins… “ First off I would like to thank God (you know how that goes) because without Him I would never be here…” then the list goes on as you give accolades to the rest of the individuals that helped you achieve your wildest dreams. Well what if this was not just a fantasy but a reality? What if I told you hold a title every day that you walk this earth?

What is man that you are mindful of him the son of man that you visit him? You made him just a little lower than the angels and crowned him with glory and honor. Psalms 8:5

We don’t have to wait for a competition to wear a crown, we have already been crowned!  You are a daughter of the Most High King and the jewels on your crown are glory and honor. There is such a significance about these two words. The word glory means radiant beauty and honor means high respect as to worth, merit, or rank. This is the position that we hold on this earth; a position of royalty. 

Me, royalty? YES YOU! There are probably times when you feel more like Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality, you know awkward and out of place, I totally feel you but when we understand who we are in Christ it should change our confidence level. So you are probably thinking what does this have to do with being single. Well I am glad that you asked. Continue reading I we will go on this journey together.

If you hold a crown of honor and glory, Do you allow others to dishonor you? Something that I was taught that rings very true is that “you teach people the way you want to be treated.” If you take into consideration the British Royal Family do you think that Princess Kate allows anyone to talk to her any ole crazy way? No one would dare! So if an earthly royal has that stance, why should we at a greater dignity as Heavenly royalty allow others, especially men, to treat us other than what we deserve. This shouldn’t be so. Don’t allow men to treat you like a play thing. If he is saying things to string you along, Like Elsa said Let it GO! If he is making promises and not keeping them, you guessed it let that go as too. Does he speak to you out of a harsh heart instead of uplifting, life giving words. Or does his words not reflect his actions These are just some things to consider. Someone will take advantage of you as long as you allow it to happen. Now is it always intentional. No. Sometimes because they haven’t been taught they act out of ignorance. Use discernment towards each individual. God will guide you.

Now on the flip side as much as you would like to blame others for the way that they treat you, you are also responsible for the way you treat yourself. When I say this, I think about the way we allow ourselves to be treated mentally. Don’t allow vain imaginations shape the way that you are being honored! If you are imaginative person, be careful not to allow what “could be” shape the way you allow yourself to be honored. Do you allow the thought of pursuit and possible signs of interest run rampant in your mind? 

This could be a problem because it keeps you in a place of hope that may never exist. This is called hope deferred which the Bible says it makes the heart sick. The problem with the mental game is the person on interest has no idea that they are even a competitor. It is ALL on you. Don’t allow yourself to get run over mentally and emotionally because you are looking for any sign of hope. This is dishonoring yourself. You deserve to be pursued.. Don’t let your heart become so desperate that you mentally try to will something to happen or sit around. Until he makes an effort of pursuit don’t cause yourself the mental torment.

My plea to you is to carry yourself with the utmost respect and hold your head high. You are a treasure, a crowned jewel radiantly beautiful and well respected of God. Treat yourself and demand that others treat you this way.

#thatsinglelifethough 

Bekah Out!

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

HAVE I ARRIVED?

“It’s not me it’s him/her.” How many times have we heard, let alone used this statement?
I think at some point or another most of us singles have convinced ourselves that this is the case in our current marital status.  Well though part of it might be true, hold your horses!

A lot of times we get to the point in our wait where we are justifying the lack of movement in our season of singleness by blaming it on the other party. We are the first one to sing our own praise as if we hung the moon. Have you used phrases like:

“Don’t they realize I am a catch” or “It is to their benefit to date me.” Or even “Remember that good thing that he is looking for, well here I am!”

Though as a righteous woman those statements are partially true, because we area special treasure these phrases can’t be rooted in arrogance and pride.

I have caught myself in the past thinking and saying these very things and then suddenly there was a stab in the heart. I was listening to a podcast, and it made this statement. “Chances are when YOU become the person you are looking for is looking for, you will probably find them.” In disbelief I said to myself, “WHOA so you mean that I am not a finished product and there are things that I still need to work on?” Wake up call. It didn’t even dawn on me that as hard as I might pray for my husband that he is doing the same thing for his wife. So really the holdup could have been me the whole time.

Could I be stubbornly overlooking the areas that he needs me to grow in and resisting change and halting the process? At the end of the day you want an Iron sharpen iron relationship and you don’t want to be the dull blade. Just as much as your future is submitted to his, you are also a factor for him to fully develop in the man of God he is supposed to be. Your life will be submitted to his but to truly submit means to lift up or come under the mission of. So you need to be able to come under and lift him to be the support for his life and future. It is partially dependent on you. It could very well be not that God is saying no but just not yet because we haven’t fully faced some of our correctable flawed areas. Mind Blow!

So the prayer about him needing to get it together so you can be together is misdirected.  There is a bigger speck in your eye than you might choose to see.  I say that because I was in the same predicament. Don’t get me wrong I didn’t think that I was perfect but close to it at least.

After hearing that, I immediately restructured my prayers and humbled myself. Instead of praying for my husband to become who he is supposed to be. I asked God to mold me into who I was supposed to be for him. I asked God to begin to show me the areas that are not so “wife” like and mold those parts of me. Probably a dangerous prayer because we all know how much correction can hurt but bring on the challenge.

So think about YOUR not so perfect self. What are some areas that you can stand to change? Are you a messy person and need to learn how to keep a house? Call me old fashion but I believe a man’s home should be his castle, a place to relax. Is it being kept up for royalty or for a peasant? I am not saying be a clean freak but just keep it manageable. I might get death threats for that one.

Is your specialty Kraft Macaroni and Cheese or Raman noodles? Maybe you might need to learn a couple of dishes. Or you could luck out and those are his favorite meals but don’t count of it. That would be the exception not the rule. I not saying be Rachel Ray but the way to a man’s heart is his stomach right? Practice and get a few recipes under your belt. Plus bonus who doesn’t like to brag about their superb cooking abilities. Every girl likes a little praise.

Do you want marry someone who enjoys being active and doing fun things but you can’t walk to the mailbox and back without being winded. Maybe try couch to 5k or join a local gym and commit to 30 minutes a couple time of weeks. Just take it slow. I am not saying be a body builder but you must also be realistic and make steps towards what you expect to receive.

What about healthy eating. Don’t make that false promise that you will start eating better when you have someone to cook for. If you aren’t doing it now don't kid yourself you won’t do it then. Since I am not going to have kids when I expected to in the so called "prime of life",, along with my confession, I changed my eating habits to keep my body in tiptop condition. I can’t expect God to keep me youthful but not be a good steward of my body by eating whatever I want. I have to do my part to keep my youth renewed like an eagle. I can’t have faith without works.

Do you expect him to have money to take care of you but you can’t balance your check book or your account is overdrawn all the time. Stop spending and learn how to save! Make a conscious effort to keep track of how many times you swipe that card. Also chose to set aside a little money to make a habit of saving. Mine is directly deposited into my savings account each time I get paid. This way I don’t even have to think about it. Out of sight out of mind but also creating a habit and a seed for my future.

When you get upset how do you respond? Are you patient? Learn now how to train yourself to respond in love and patience towards those who upset you. Contrary to popular belief, your spouse will upset you because you are two DIFFERENT people with DIFFERENT ideals and ways of doing things. This was one for me. I am being taught through living with my sister to exercise patience and choose my battles. I am learning not to quickly react but to seek to understand and then lovingly, which is not always the case, respond.

Also in the category of getting upset, do you spout off every cuss word in the English language and maybe some other languages or just don’t speak edifying words. Are you quick to go negative? Remember your words have life and death in them. You frame your world with your words and what kind of world are you framing over your household in times of pressure.  Learn to be “slow to speak quick to listen and slow to wrath”. James 1:19

How disciplined are you in your quiet time with the Lord? Are you giving yourself the daily bread of the word and quenching your thirst with prayer. You can’t expect to marry Jesus and you don’t even have any knowledge of the word. Remember even Satan could quote scripture…

There are many other areas that we all can work on. These are just a few. Seek God and do an honest evaluation and ask Him to reveal areas where you can get started. I am not saying that these things will be perfect in you when you meet your special someone but I am saying you could begin to plant seeds in some of these areas.

You know me that I always have to bring it back to the word but I remember the Verse

Luke 10:16 10 Whoever ·can be trusted [is faithful] with a little ·can also be trusted [is also faithful] with a lot”

Please hear me that I am not trying to condemn you at all because there are areas in my life that aren’t so perfect. This is simply to spark revelation so that you can start experiencing the very desire of your heart.

DISCLAIMER: This is not a guarantee formula to get a husband nor am I saying that you need to be complete to get a husband. simply aim to be complete in Christ. It is nothing you can earn. It is a gift because He wants to see us happy. it says it is His pleasure. This simply might be a step in the right direction.

#thatsinglelifethough


Bekah Out!

Friday, June 10, 2016

UNPAUSE YOUR LIFE

T minus 31 days. What is the countdown for you may ask? It is the day where I vacate the not so distant memories of my 20’s and enter into the years of 30, flirty, and thriving. Except that the only part of this statement happening in my life is the 30… I am not flirting with anyone and I am not thriving in the way I thought I would. Does this sound like you? You might not be at the milestone age yet but you are simply not in the place of life that you thought you would be.

My 10-year high school reunion has come and gone and still nothing major has happened in my life. I thought surely by now I would be married and have a kid or two. In fact, I thought that I would have been married by 22... well obviously God redirected my path. So in this moment, I have two choices. I can wallow in self-pity and say “WHY GOD, WHY” or I can choose to see the situation from a Godly point of view. 

Since self-pity was never my thing I chose to be thankful. Though I might not be where I want to be thank God I am not where I used to be! It makes me think about the verses in Philippians 3:11-14“Not that I have attained or perfected but I press on. Not that I have apprehended but one thing that I do forgetting those thing which are behind and forward to those things that are ahead. I press towards the goal of the upward call of Christ Jesus.”  This must be our attitude in the midst of situations that are not what we expected. Press forward.

Have a Godly perspective. You can’t relive the past nor can you necessarily plan the future to your specific qualifications. You can have humility and trust that God is working EVERYTHING COLLECTIVELY together for your good. I have come to the realization as I exit this season of life that I have lived my life on pause and hoping in the “what ifs” and the “when” Well I am here to tell you that those don’t get you anywhere.

“What ifs” and “whens” can simply be translated into hope deferred and the Bible says that It makes the heart sick. (Proverbs 13:12) Continually dwelling on these does exactly that. It gets you in the attitude where you wait to live or thinking that life will start when you meet that special someone who sweeps you off your feet and buy that big house in the suburbs. If you are still breathing (since you are reading this you are) Guess what life has already begun!

Maybe you’re getting exhausted because your breathe has been held for a little while, waiting for things to change. But DON’T HOLD YOUR BREATHE! BREATHE! Venture out, live life. What is amazing about God is that in the midst of living He has already orchestrated every day of your life so you don’t have to fear that you are going to miss out on something. He will in fact use those days to get you to where you want to be so don’t fret.

Don’t live is a constant state of discontent. Don’t measure your success against anyone else’s. What God has called to be success in your life is different than others and it is tailor made for you. Don’t slap your life in the face and lessen your accomplishments because of lacking milestone moments. You are not behind. You are not forgotten. You are where you are supposed to be, when you are supposed to be there.

Don’t allow the enemy to steal your joy in this season by deceiving you to think that you are where you are because of things you may or may not have done. Yes there are things that we could have changed from our past but the mercy of God covers and redeems our mistakes. Out past doesn't dictate our future. Press forward. Live and enjoy life now and when the time is right, I promise everything will work out even better that you could have ever imagined!

1 Corinthians 2:9
Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”

#thatsinglelifethough

Bekah Out!

Monday, March 28, 2016

If You Wait For It, He Will Come!

Back in the day when the very first Playstation (aging myself) came out one of my very favorite games to play was Need for Speed. Within the game there was a level called Hot Pursuit and it was my favorite! So basically you got to pick a car, customize it (my car of choice was the Lamborgani Diablo), and pick a course. The object of the game was to evade the police while they chased after you. I don’t know what it was but it gave me a rush! Probably because I was living out a secret fantasy that I would never ever attempt. Except for that one time… I’ll have to tell that story some other time! Back to the point. Very few times was I successful and usually ended up crashing and burning. The pursuit was too great.  In correlation to being single, what if I can give you the formula for evading the police of heartbreak? Is the information worth it for you?

What if the process of picking our spouse was easy where it came to us? It was in pursuit of us if you will. It can be if we allow it. I heard this statement from a prominent evangelist. “It is a perversion of the promise of God for us to pursue things because God meant for them to pursue us.” Wow mind blown! This is the same with the relationship God has for you. Ladies he is meant to pursue you.

Psalms 23:7 says “Goodness and mercy will follow you all the days of your life.” In the amplified version the word follow is also translated as pursue. When it is something that is from God, we don’t have to go out looking for it but it will simply come to us. The only problem with this is that often when we submit to God’s timing, it takes a lot longer than we expect. Have you ever heard the phrases “God knows no time” or “God lives outside of time”? I mean God I know you don’t understand time but did you see that yet another of my friends is engaged? I going to need you to know time a little…

When we get anxious, it can be a snowball effect on our life not only in dating but many other things in our life. One thing I think we ought to be careful of is compromise. Because we are a microwave generation, people end up in relationships and even marriages that are not God’s best for them. We take things in our own hands. We don’t allow God’s crock pot to slow cook our desires. We don’t allow the good things of Christ come to us therefore a lot of times eating things prematurely.

We are praised for being proactive and taking charge for ourselves. This can be a self-righteous act and nullify letting God be in control. In a sense we are saying we don't need God. Allow God’s good thing to come and pursue you. Remember that God withholds no good thing, so if he isn’t pursuing you, it isn’t that good thing.

CAUTION: Be careful of wolves in sheep’s clothing. Even though I talked about allowing God’s good thing to pursue you, remember the devil wants to steal, kill and destroy you. What better way to get to you  through the perception of being pursued by seemingly the man of your dreams. This is why we always need to be alert and ask God for wisdom and discernment to avoid the trap.

It is sad to me to see that so many marriages outside and inside the church fail. This was never God’s plan. When we accept God’s timing, we realize that good things take time so just wait. One of my favorite verses in this season is Ecclesiastes 3:1 God makes everything beautiful in time. He wants 
to make your relationship beautiful but it takes time. Allow Him to work in that time. 


One final thought, when you are truly trusting God in the wait, don’t help Him along by positioning ourselves in hopes of pursuit. You know what I mean. Thinking if you place yourself in position A at precisely time B that guy C will notice you and begin to pursue. News flash God created the Heavens and earth without you so I am pretty sure that He doesn’t need your help to get you to your desired haven. (Psalms 107:30)

Even though it might not be the most comfortable thing. the now "pain" will be worth it. Trust God!

Bekah Out!
#thatsinglethough

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

A Few Good Men

Imagine you are single Hebrew lady in the days of old. You know the one sitting by the local well drawing water. All of a sudden you’ve see the tribe gossip Naomi walking your way. I imagine the conversation going like this.

Naomi: “Bathsheba girl how you doing? You: Oh good girl just drawing water from this well. (In actuality you are sitting there to show all the single tribe men you are available.) Naomi: Did you hear the news about Tamar, Hagar, and Ruth? (Notice the Biblical name trend) Girl they are all getting married! But that ain’t none of my business though. Welcome to the Real House Wives of Judah County You: Girl that is so great! Mazel Tov!

However in her heart this is what you are really thinking. “Yea it is easy saying you’re happy for them Naomi, you are married and with child. Do you even know who your baby daddy is? Really they should all me thanking me because I set them up with their BAEs!

You: Well girl I got to get back to my father’s house and get the unleavened bread cooking. You know Passover time and all. Naomi: Okay girl save the date because they are getting married in a fortnight. Oh! You should bring the cutie Isaiah from the tribe of Judah. I heard he’s set to inherit 200 sheep and 50 goats. And I heard he is looking for someone to tend HIS sheep if you get what I am saying. You: Okay girl thanks for the look out. Shalom!

This is what I believe this passage her diary read that night.

Dear Diary,
Lord! Help! Godly men are fast disappearing. Where in all the world can dependable men be found? Everyone deceives and flatters and lies. There is no sincerity left

Did you know that this is actually a verse in the Bible? Psalms 12:1 to be exact. Okay I know that this is really not the way the verse is meant to be read but the supernatural personalization of God’s word and my imagination interrupted it to me like this.

Even though this seems like the cry of your heart, I promise this isn’t the case. Though options seem few and far between, there is hope! It is not a worldly hope but a godly one. The Bible talks about how hope deferred makes the heart sick. That is when we are putting our hope in what we see. Things seem grim but we have a hope in God.

When we have a godly hope, it doesn’t disappoint. It never fails you, and it never forgets about you. Let me give you a bit of encouragement. “His ear are attentive to the cries of the righteous.” Psalms 34:15 He knows!

Don’t think that your pain goes unnoticed. This is the part that we begin to walk by faith and not by sight. Yes this very well may be the reality and fact but guess what facts are subject to change.

I love that God doesn’t work on our playing field. In fact, in Isaiah 55:8 it talks about how God’s ways and thoughts are higher and greater than ours. Can I get a Hallelujah! If you are like me, your thoughts are limited. God can bring supernatural provision into a natural situation so don’t lose hope.

This is the place where we take our stance.  When everything seems lost and hopeless are you going to let reality dictate what you hope in or are you going to allow God to be the place you put your hope?  What we see always looks late but I am sure you have heard this statement “God is never late but always on time.”

Allow God’s timing to permeate in your situation. There is no shortage of men. There is no need for desperate times calling for desperate measures Wait upon the Lord and renew your strength.

#thatsinglelifethough

Bekah Out!

Monday, February 15, 2016

Don't settle for the Hoopty when the Bently is on the way!

Recently I have gone through the dreaded experience of car buying. I mean it is exciting to get the new car but the steps leading up to it are definitely not fun! You have to do research on what type of car you want. You look for things like: performance, safety, price, mileage just to name a few The process is just a pain! My wrong attitude wanted to be like “ if I had a husband, he would just tell me what to drive and I’ll buy it!” I know, I know there is more purpose for a significant other.

My dad took me to the dealership because there was a specific car that he was sold on. Everything about it was to his liking's. Me being over the whole process just followed his lead. The car that he picked out was great! I test drove it and loved it! I signed on the dotted line and within a few hours the beauty was mine! It was an exciting feeling.

My previously owned vehicle was a used but nice car. After a series of misfortunate events I was in desperate need of a vehicle hence enter Bessie. When I first saw it, I really liked it. It was cute and clean and within my budget so I was like "SOLD." After I purchased this car, I mean within weeks things started to go wrong with it. First it was the engine, flat tires left and right. one time it was even the same tire two days in a row) The starter a couple of times and then finally the head gasket blow a couple of times. (My dad ended rebuilding my car’s engine FIVE separate times) I say all that to say that on the outside things looked great but looks can be deceiving…

It's crazy to see how God can use any situation in life to teach us! When thinking and discussing my car issues with a friend, I realized that with my previous car I was so quick to settle because I was in desperate need. I didn’t take the time to pray about it, get car history, or anything a wise person should do before purchasing a used vehicle. It left me with more trouble than it was worth. Isn’t that what we sometimes do with dating?

We meet a guy and think :Wow he is really cute!" He drives a nice car and he even goes to church. WINNER! Everything on the surface seems great, Later on, you find out that he has a few qualities you don’t necessarily love but will cross that bridge when you get to it. Can we say COMPROMISE. With so much pressure in today’s society to date and get married we neglect to take the time to really consider the choices that we are making. We get caught up in our emotions and date and marry just anyone that comes our way. What a shame.

We might see things in that potential mate that are things that you would not usually go for but he is around and shows you interest and so you quickly compromise your expectations because you are filling your needs. Ladies this should not be so. Take the time to really seek God about anyone that you date and trust that He will give you guidance. Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord your God and lean not on your own understanding. Don’t be so quick to settle and compromise by leaning on your own understanding. God has His very best for you if only you are patient. Don’t settle for the hoopty!

Time can produce an urgency which leads us to make lofty decisions. Like my car situation, you tend to settle and not wait for God’s best.  Time allows the enemy to strategically place thoughts in an undisciplined mind to question God’s faithfulness. This leads to discontentment and compromise. Don’t allow him to lie to you and think that God has forgotten about you.

Act 1:7 "It is not for us to know that time and season in which the Father put in his own authority." We are not to know the details behind the wait. It would overwhelm us and God knows that. Be patient and DON”T COMPROMISE in the wait!

I took a second look at my car situation and related it to dating. My dad can be a symbol of God. He led me to the the right car like God will lead you to the right mate. Because he had done the research, he had picked out the car, knew all the specifications and set me up. I didn’t have to worry about a thing, I just showed up and trusted that he had my best interest at hand. This is the same way God wants to deal with us regarding a mate when we fully submit to trusting Him. And the end result was far better than any compromise ever could have been!

Everything fell into place for me with my car and I didn’t have to settle for something out of desperation. I ended up with the perfect car! This is what God wants to do for us ladies in waiting. He has done the research, He knows what is best for us and He is just waiting for our submitted hearts to be led to our perfect mate. Sit back, relax, and let God go to work!

Psalms 107:30
Then they are glad because they are quiet;
So He guides them to their desired haven.

#singleisnotacussword

Bekah out!

Monday, February 8, 2016

Anxiety… Ain’t nobody got time for that!


Pulling up to your mailbox after a long day of work, you open it to find yet another wedding invitation. Love apparently is in the air but not for you. You have gone to many bridal showers and weddings yet you are still walking inside to cook for a party of one. You desire to add more place settings is growing strong yet there are no prospects. What is the deal?

You make your way to the room to get out of your not so comfortable work clothes and walk to the kitchen to make dinner. What fun is it to make dinner for one?  All the work and no one to show off your culinary skills to. Plus you hate leftovers. So cereal for dinner it is!

As you lay on your couch unwinding from your day, you turn on the television.  Because it is close to Valentine’s Day EVERYTHING that you flip through has to do with relationships. You opt to turn off the television and just read. Readers are leaders anyway right? You get lost in your new novel and next thing you know it is time for bed. You rinse off your makeup, prepare for bed just to repeat the routine all over the next morning.

Sound familiar? With everyone around you seemingly living a very exciting life doing everything that you so desire to do, it is very easy to be unsettled where you are. Philippians 4:6 says “Be anxious for nothing.” Okay easier said than done but did the apostle Paul spend his evening eating cereal for dinner and reading War and Peace? 

Why does the Bible tell us not to be anxious? Because all anxiety does is focus on tomorrow and make you miss what God is doing in your life today. Anxiety and worry go hand in hand. Basically it is saying that we don’t trust God to take care of our desires or needs. We take the situation in our own hands trying to figure out how to make it happen. To be anxious means that you are; full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; Ain’t nobody got time for that!

The Bible tells us a couple of things about anxiety and worry. 1. Don’t worry about tomorrow for it will worry about itself.  2. Worrying doesn’t add one thing to your life. Psalms 139:16 “You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out  before a single day had passed.” What we have to realize is that before the foundations of the earth, God had already written the plans of your life. With that being the case, worrying about tomorrow instead of living in the present is nonproductive. It isn’t going to change a thing.

Anxiety steals your peace. It gives you unsettling thoughts.and begins to reflect in other areas of life. The root of anxiety boils down to fear. Fear is not of God. You are afraid that what you are believing for, in this case a significant other, won’t manifest. Those anxious thoughts begin to steal your quality of life. John 10:10 “The enemy come but to steal, kill, and destroy.” That is what anxiety does. Part B of the verse says that Jesus came to give us life and life more abundantly! So accepting anxiety in your life is accepting the enemy’s authority in that area. Remember you have the authority over him. Do not allow him to take dominion in any area of your life! God's perfect love casts out all fear. Settling in this thought eliminates fear!

Being anxious for a future time is not something that you are graced for. God gives us grace day by day. This is the reason that we are unsettled. He didn’t give you the resolve to worry about tomorrow or any other day. It is something that he has already taken care of. That is not your responsibility. When you take on worry you are taking God's job. He didn't hire you for that position. Don't self promote.

Matthew 11:29-30
29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”

This is the position that God wants us to take so there will be rest for our souls. His burden is easy and light and anxiety is heavy and hard. I choose to work smarter not harder so I choose to give my cares and anxieties to God so that I can be weightless. What do you choose?

#thatsinglelifethough
Bekah out!