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Can We Be Honest?

15 Monday Nov 2021

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healing, Honesty, Jesus, journey, pain, truth

Telling the truth was always hard for me. It’s not like I was lying. In fact, I wasn’t saying anything at all. Being taught to not speak of the truth impaired my ability to process. To heal. I became numb to pain that was so harmful to my soul I couldn’t recognize how hurt I really was. Before you can live a life of truth you must acknowledge what aches in you. Learning to sit with yourself and allow the truth to stir in you. That is the discovery that changes everything. The Lord will not allow us to walk around numb forever. There will come a moment when it’s just you and Him and all the funk within you and his love collide. It’s a meeting of the heart, mind, and soul. Many of us will run till we die to try and avoid what hurts. Can I give you some momma advice? Stop running away from you. You will always be where you are. Good thing is, Jesus will always be ready to listen. His pursuit of you and your heart will never end. Are you ready to know the truth that sets you free? His name is Jesus. He is relentless about seeing you whole. Free from deep rooted sorrow and neglect. It won’t happen overnight. This is the Lords doing. He knows what we can handle. He’s gentle. Patient. Kind. Forgiving. He’s everything we don’t know how to be to ourselves. I pray you take a step closer to Jesus today. That you be honest with yourself and let him come and show you how to be whole. You’ll never regret it, I promise you.

Love, Em ❤️

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Not Finished 11/12/15 

12 Thursday Nov 2015

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faith, Jesus, journey, purpose

Good evening friends! 

Let me give it to you straight…you is good…you is kind…you is purposed. 

Your life was destined for a purpose with a specific process that’s only for you. 

I know your journey has been crazy, emotional, surprising, and tiring. It has you second guessing your dreams, your desires and future. You’re looking around wondering if any of this matters. It does! How could this possibly get me to where I want to go? It will! No one sees me. No one hears me. What I do doesn’t matter. 

The devil is a lie! 

The mere fact that I am writing this to you today is proof that you are seen, you are heard, and your life matters more than you could imagine! All of your behind the scenes are being recorded and will one day be a highlight reel for all to see. Don’t stop! Keep going! Keep doing what you love even though you feel no one is watching. Your destiny is being perfected in these small mundane moments of life. 

Don’t despise small, ordinary beginnings. Remember, Jesus was born in a smelly manger surrounded by live stock and dung. Believe that he is faithful to complete what he started and let him finish it. I can’t wait to see what he has up his sleeve!! 

Homesick 11/6/15 

06 Friday Nov 2015

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Happy Friday y’all!! 

Today I am feeling homesick. There are moments that this journey wears on me. I get tired and I miss the comforts of home. I miss my family. I miss my friends. Not everything was perfect but I had a comfort zone {don’t we all} and I would have never left except to be obedient to the Lord. 

Sometimes our obedience leads us on a journey to lonely places. I recall the story of Abraham. The Lord called him out to a place where he had never been. He just went. He gathered his family and went. He didn’t have a plan. He had faith. He trusted blindly. This decision of obedience will always cost us. We will lose some things, some people too. We will leave things and people behind. We will take a huge risk in the hope of God being faithful. 

In Hebrews 11 it tells us there are rewards for such faith. It’s the hall of faith. What a list of amazing people doing extraordinary things for God. These were everyday people like you and me. They got homesick. I’m sure at times they wanted to go back {the Isrealites did}. I sometimes want to too but on days like these when home seems so far away I choose to remember everything God said and did. I take my tears to Jesus and he comforts me with hope. Hope for all he is going to do even though I don’t see how. I am comforted knowing that I am not the only one who took a risk and left home. I am encouraged that like Noah, Abraham, Sarah, and all the others who have walked a journey, that I too, will be rewarded for my faith. What an honor! 

My Decalration! 10/8/15 

08 Thursday Oct 2015

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Good morning friends!! 

For the past 4 years my family has been on a journey. We were given very little insight to what we would have to go through. We were told to go and not look back. We followed blindly and willingly. We have encountered some major disappointments and frustrations. We had no idea of the struggle of what depending on God in the reality of our disappointments would be like. Nothing has gone according to what we thought it would be like {shocker}. Our expectations were huge! Our reality was less than huge…disappointing to be honest. 

However, this is not a story of how horrible our God is or how he failed us. It’s a story of a family who followed God and endured inspite of difficulty, discouragement, and disappointment. We have survived not on our own merits but by the grace of God. Although our expectations were not met he still met us in unexpected ways. We are real people with real feelings and emotions. We get tired. We get upset. We have our good and bad days. We press on. We continue to believe that there is purpose in the process. The process is done in the waiting; in the time in between prophesy and promise. The promise doesn’t have a chance to be all that it was design to be without a process. I have no idea what God has for my family but I know we are in preparation for it. I will not sacrifice all that I’ve known God to be and is on the alter of disappointment.

The very same God that ushered the Israelites across the Red Sea, the same God who silenced the mouth of the lions for Daniel, the same God who brought forth a baby from the womb of Sarah at 90 years of age, the very same God who delivered and blessed Joseph super abundantly, the same God who made David, a shepherd boy, a king, the same God who gave Joshua victory over all his enemies, the same God who raised Jesus from the grave, this God, my God, will do exceedingly, abundantly, above all that I could ask, dream, or imagine. YES, the One who is the same, yesterday and forever will see me and my family through {and yours} to our expected end. 

If you’re disappointed today know that you’re not alone. I want to assure you that what you’re feeling doesn’t surprise nor insult God. He sees you! He knows exactly where you are. You’re in a process. Even though you feel forgotten and forsaken you’re not. Be encouraged today that you are in great capable hands that have not let you go. There is no need to protect yourself or the reputation of God. He’s big enough to handle it all. Don’t despair. Don’t quit. Don’t turn around and go back. Keep moving forward even if it’s with tears in your eyes. Rest instead of worry. At the right moment the right door will be open to you and you will NOT miss it!! I’m praying for you today wherever you are my friend!! 

Its Time 

14 Monday Sep 2015

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courageous, healing, Jesus, journey, purpose, strong, thirties

I don’t believe in luck. I don’t believe whatever will be will be. There are no coincidences. God is very purposeful with every detail of our lives. My thirties was a decade of radical change and transformation. I never imagined the series of events that would have led to where I am today. Had I known I would have stepped in and tried to change them. I am comforted in the fact that ALL things work for my good when Jesus is for me. It has taken almost 10 years to heal and recoup from hurts, brokenness, loss, lies, and separations that I never saw coming. I have been given the privilege of being hidden away for a purpose I have yet to see come to pass. My journey has not been easy but I’m so glad I walked it. I now know why God hides things from us. If we knew, we would step in and try to take over, change the script, rearrange a few things, and hinder his intended purpose{don’t lie you would too}. I was a woman living in the muck and mire of my past. I was afraid of a lot of thing but not anymore!! 

Well, today is the last day of my thirties and tomorrow begins a new chapter in the life of Emilie. I truly believe in new beginnings and am looking forward to what this next season will look like. I am grateful that I said yes to Jesus and allowed him to do what needed to be done…healing. There is a time and a purpose for everything. My sincerest prayer is that we all come to the realization that Jesus is for us. His intention is for our good. Don’t resist the healing and correcting hand of God. He is gentle and kind {even if you feel like your dying}. He is full of grace and mercy {even when you feel like you’re failing and far from him}. You are worth the time it takes to become all that he has planned for you! I pray you know the depths of Gods love for you and trust that where he guides is the safest place for you {even though you’re terrified}. Be strong and courageous! Don’t be afraid for the Lord is with you!! 💞 

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