Becoming Virtuous

Four years ago I was in one of the worst places in my life. I started to deal with anxiety and depression out of no where. It all started one night when My husband and I decided too watch a movie. The movie was very graphic and violent. When the movie was over the violent scences began too replay in my mind. I was so afraid that I started to go into a panic. My  mind started racing, my heart was pounding, my hands were sweating and my body was beginning to fill numb. It felt like I wanted too faint. My husband attempted to calm me down several times by talking too me and telling me that everything would be ok. I would calm down and then 5 minutes later the feeling would come back  more intense. I couldn't take it, so  Eventually, we ended up at the emergency room. The doctors diagnosed me with anxiety, gave me medication, told me to stay away from caffeine and seek a therapist, so I did just that.      ...

Are you going through a tough season right now, and are having a hard time trusting God?  We all have our tough season and times where we may question God or have our doubts and want too give up. Maybe its because of a divorce, maybe you're having a hard time on your job, maybe its anxiety and depression, maybe its finances. When things get hard our first response is too want too give up or get mad at God.  I mean I get it," it doesn't feel good". The racing thoughts that comes with anxiety, the pain from the divorce, that aggravating co-worker that's does everything too get under your skin. It all can be overwhelming & we don't want to go through it. We have too remember that God never promised us that our lives as Christian would be easy. I believe as Christians we can sometimes mis-conceptualize our walk with Christ. We think that just because we are saved that we are exempt from trails...

Have you been feeling overlooked lately? You've been praying for this one thing  or maybe a few things in particular  and it seems like God is not answering your prayers. It seems like everyone around you is getting blessed and you're being overlooked.   Maybe its a promotion on the job, maybe everyone else is getting promoted before you, maybe everyone around you is getting married and you're still single, maybe it seems like everyone else's businesses are flourishing and you can hardly get yours off the ground. It seems like you've been praying for months and maybe years but God has forgotten about you and then you began to question,  "What's wrong with me?"                                             "A...

Good morning readers. I've been pondering for a few days about what it is that I would like to talk about today. As I was in my bible study this morning I read in Romans chapters 3 and 4 what it is to have genuine faith, a faith that stems from believing in Jesus Christ alone. I loved the examples that Paul used. I was reminded of how liberating salvation can be when looked at through the eyes of true faith. Romans 1:17 says For in the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith." Many times our faith is in our works or our own abilities and we become self dependent, and defeated excluding the power of Jesus Christ. Today I want to give a refresher of what true faith is. Romans 4:11 says And he ( Abraham) received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then he is the father of...

 Thanksgiving is literally 2 days away and my heart is filled with thanks. I remember a time when I couldn't be thankful unless everything was going right in my life. I needed to have the perfect career, house, car, spouse, fashion etc, in order for me to be happy and Thankful. I would always find myself in a place where I felt like needed more to be happy.  I am so proud to say that isn't my life today. I have neither of the those things but yet I Am so grateful to God for my life. Can we say power of the Holy spirit?! I have finally filled that void  with Jesus Christ and since then my whole perspective has changed on life. I no longer look for worldly gratification but eternal. That mentality alone is something to be grateful for 🙌🙌. In addition to this I have four main things that I am grateful for that I would love to share. 1.) Family- My family is a beautiful blessing to my life.I'm married and I have two boys and one girl. I live everyday of my life to serve t...

How do we as Christians stay focused on God in a world full of distractions? We live in a world where it is so many ways that we can be distracted from God weather its with social media, television, relationships, jobs, parenting, school, etc. Many times we are showing up to life empty because we are not connected to our source (God). We are distracted by things that will never be of any good to us without Him. Today I am going to give you four things that has helped me stay discplined and focused on God.     1.)Spend as much time with God as possible.          Reading the word is my number one way of spending time with God. The word of God is how we know what is required of us in this life. This is where we learn who God is, understand his heart and know his voice. The more we spend time in his word the closer we become to him and are able to live it out and bear go...