Greetings Beloved! It has been some time since my last blog post.
The desire to post was there.
But the faith-filled action was not.
It happens, right? The time was well spent. Believe me.
Thank God for for His grace and mercy. These last 10 months have been a time of rest, restoration, discipleship, healing, revelation and extreme gratitude. God has revealed so much to me (even though I know it’s only a glimpse of what He truly has in store). The following scripture divinely encapsulates this time period for me:
“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Do not quench the Spirit.” I Thessalonians 5: 16-19 (NIV)
God has been doing a mighty work in me – preparing me for the next level of Love Abides Here. Believing that He is going to use LAH to bring support, healing, faith and love to so many individuals – including YOU.❤️
This is just the beginning. More to come. But I’ll be honest. I don’t really know what all of this looks like in the earthly realm. My prayer is to NOT quench the Spirit and rely on God’s supernatural grace to have its way.
In the meantime, I wanted to share with you a pivotal moment in my healing journey from last year. It’s another excerpt from my journal.
Sending prayers of strength, comfort, peace and love to YOU who has chosen to read this. ❤️
(DGH Journal Excerpt)
September 13, 2018 – This is my 2nd journal entry of the night. Already “wrote” in my handwritten journal which I haven’t done in over a year! Felt it was fitting today. The day Hope was supposed to make her entrance. These 9 months have shown me sooo much! Even though I didn’t physically give birth to my child.
I now feel like I’m giving birth to my calling.
My purpose.
What God created me to do.
It wasn’t an easy journey to get to this point. But now I know without a shadow of a doubt what I’m here for. To help and minister to women during pregnancy loss and prematurity. I have a heart for women in grief as well as the babies (as I sit here wearing my March of Dimes T-shirt).
It’s been a tear-filled evening. I wasn’t sure how this day was going to play out. I knew there would be a significant moment. But as the day went on, I ended up staying at home really doing nothing, I thought it was going to be a normal day. I had grand plans of taking this day for me – for reflection. Put together a blog post. Pamper myself. Instead, I was half working, half wasting time on social media. I did make a nice pot roast dinner. And then evening came. God told me what to do.
He wanted me to write in my journal and get on the Girlfriends Pray call. I haven’t done either of those activities in a year. But between the two, God had a theme. “He makes no mistakes. We are created for a reason. He has a plan”. The prayer leader read from Ephesians 2:8 along with a devotional about being God’s creation. It was meant for me.
On this day, 9/13/18. The day that I was supposed to meet Hope here on Earth. The living Hope gave me a new meaning sent from Heaven above.
This 9 months brought forth the clear and undeniable plan for my life. After being a bit out of sync this week leading up to today, I feel a sense of peace. There was a release of doubts, fears, emotions, disappointments, hurt, despair, loneliness, isolation (I’m balling right now 😭😭).
I can let it ALL go.
ALL of it.
Weeping has endured for a looong night. But joy has finally come. I feel it. Thank you Lord! 🙌🙌
Help me Lord to stay connected to you and your Word so I can walk in the plan you’ve laid out for me.
This day also reminded me of a song I hear on the radio titled “Living Hope” by Phil Wickham.
Love Abides Here 