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Why Relationships? Because I was bad at them. And I do mean bad. I understand today that it was a necessary decision for my life. I finally realized that it was necessary because it was vital in bringing healing into my life, first. Once I began to understand why my relationships were so damaged, I became passionate about helping others to discover how strategic our shared enemy has been and still desires to be in our relationships. Our enemy is serious about interrupting our ability to be relational. It's a godly attribute. Therefore, relationships are not meant to be complicated, yet they are complex as they are intricate in their design. That is God. LOL!
It amazed me when I discovered that God was relational. He is not the tyrannical leader throwing thunder bolts from His cushioned throne on high, and I want more of His people to know that He is not like that. I developed a true love for God through those storms. I want to share these experiences and knowledge with other hurting people in hopes that it will motivate them if not free them. It is not true that we can't get along with someone or others. That deception is a gateway to loneliness, a trap set by our shared enemy. We are created to interact, fellowship, engage, love, build-up, support, strengthen, protect, honor, and respect one another. God is all of those things, and He created us in His own image. As I got to know God better, I wanted to know more about Him, the environment in which He exists, and how He interacts with His heavenly family. I soon realized that I wanted that same setup... right here on earth as it is in heaven.
Writing is not easy and definitely isn't my strongest gift, I would say. So, how did I get here? In my healing process, the Word became alive, and it still is alive and growing. I look forward to watching scripture unfold and activate in times of hardship. It doesn't mean I enjoy those situations, but I now have a real hope in those situations. I want more and more people to experience this. So, I began to ask God to show me what it looks like, and He blessed me with a bird's eye view of the relational situations around me. This view fueled my passion to expose the enemy's tactics, like fire shut up in my bones. So, one day I seriously questioned Him about how to share what I see. He simply answered to write it down. The only way that I could truly share in detail what He gives me is to write it down as scripture tells us. As I write it down I do my best to make it plain for others to read and run with it. I don't know who will pick up any book that God places on my heart to write. What I do know is someone is looking for what He gave me, and He will be certain to help them find it. I just need to obey the assignment.
It amazed me when I discovered that God was relational. He is not the tyrannical leader throwing thunder bolts from His cushioned throne on high, and I want more of His people to know that He is not like that. I developed a true love for God through those storms. I want to share these experiences and knowledge with other hurting people in hopes that it will motivate them if not free them. It is not true that we can't get along with someone or others. That deception is a gateway to loneliness, a trap set by our shared enemy. We are created to interact, fellowship, engage, love, build-up, support, strengthen, protect, honor, and respect one another. God is all of those things, and He created us in His own image. As I got to know God better, I wanted to know more about Him, the environment in which He exists, and how He interacts with His heavenly family. I soon realized that I wanted that same setup... right here on earth as it is in heaven.
Writing is not easy and definitely isn't my strongest gift, I would say. So, how did I get here? In my healing process, the Word became alive, and it still is alive and growing. I look forward to watching scripture unfold and activate in times of hardship. It doesn't mean I enjoy those situations, but I now have a real hope in those situations. I want more and more people to experience this. So, I began to ask God to show me what it looks like, and He blessed me with a bird's eye view of the relational situations around me. This view fueled my passion to expose the enemy's tactics, like fire shut up in my bones. So, one day I seriously questioned Him about how to share what I see. He simply answered to write it down. The only way that I could truly share in detail what He gives me is to write it down as scripture tells us. As I write it down I do my best to make it plain for others to read and run with it. I don't know who will pick up any book that God places on my heart to write. What I do know is someone is looking for what He gave me, and He will be certain to help them find it. I just need to obey the assignment.
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I like talking to people and the one-on-one interaction. However when I did the math, I realized that there was no way possible that I could interact with all of the people on a one-on-one level. So, writing is another avenue of talking and interacting with people without having to travel to every single person. It's not quite the same. There are some places where it is still uncomfortable for me to do the interaction; however, it is still a good feeling to "talk" to someone. I can get the message out, share what God has told me, and share what I believe to be relevant about relationships and marriage to other people. And as passionate as I am in talking to other people about marriage and relationships, I am just as passionate about trying to get people to understand the particular views and ideas that I believe God wants us to know and have. So, for me our books are just an extension of actually reaching people and speaking to them. It's not quite perfect but it's another way of doing it. And it's kind of a fun journey in and of itself because in some of that writing you discover new things you didn't even know.
I work with relationships because that's how I see life. Everything in life seems to relate to something else. That's the way it's shown to me anyway. So, it's easy to point that out. It's easy to see the relationship. How relationship between you and your parents impacts your relationship between you and your job, which impacts your relationship between you and your spouse. Everything is tied to relationship. Everything is relational, and that is because we serve a relational God. A God who is three in one and one in three. So, if God is relational and He is in all things, just by being God and He created us in His image and likeness, then we're relational. And so just as God the Father is impacted by God the Son and Holy Spirit, then we are impacted by the things that God put around us. And we need to see the best way to make those relationships work and move those relationships forward.
The deeper view is just part of how I see it. That came about because sometimes I see things on a level and some people are like it ain't that deep. It may not be. But for me I see the relationships. I see the connections that other people don't see. And I just try to point that out so that people can see things that are connected that they may not have realized. So the deeper view is not some great bit of wisdom that came down from on high. I didn't climb any mountains. I didn't grow a beard for it or anything like that. It's just connections that other people may not see. But once they're shown may help them understand how everything relates.
I work with relationships because that's how I see life. Everything in life seems to relate to something else. That's the way it's shown to me anyway. So, it's easy to point that out. It's easy to see the relationship. How relationship between you and your parents impacts your relationship between you and your job, which impacts your relationship between you and your spouse. Everything is tied to relationship. Everything is relational, and that is because we serve a relational God. A God who is three in one and one in three. So, if God is relational and He is in all things, just by being God and He created us in His image and likeness, then we're relational. And so just as God the Father is impacted by God the Son and Holy Spirit, then we are impacted by the things that God put around us. And we need to see the best way to make those relationships work and move those relationships forward.
The deeper view is just part of how I see it. That came about because sometimes I see things on a level and some people are like it ain't that deep. It may not be. But for me I see the relationships. I see the connections that other people don't see. And I just try to point that out so that people can see things that are connected that they may not have realized. So the deeper view is not some great bit of wisdom that came down from on high. I didn't climb any mountains. I didn't grow a beard for it or anything like that. It's just connections that other people may not see. But once they're shown may help them understand how everything relates.
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We love our children, and we are equally excited to see what God has planned for each of them. We have four children; three thriving adults, Florence, Candace, and Aaron; and the youngest is Jaedon who is still in the nest. It is a joy to watch our fledglings grow and find their own way. Florence and her husband Jamar have made the world just a little bit brighter with their two-year old daughter, Star. Candace and Aaron are blazing their individual industry trails as well as pursuing their own entrepreneurial goals. Jaedon is experiencing the joys and pains of being a senior in high school. The joy of it being his last year in high school but the pains of still living at home. Remember those days? It has been a dramatic comedy as we observe him exercising his wings to fly after graduation, and we are supportively building his launching pad. Our nest is truly made up of different characters and can be more entertaining than cable. Well, at least that's what we've been told. However, we can admit that holiday get-togethers are a real sitcom!
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Our family became blended in September of 2015, but our story began as a long distance tale between Atlanta, GA and Daytona Beach, FL the summer of 2013. We met through two of our older children, and we like to remind them of this every chance we get. We tied the knot in Daytona Beach, but God had already assigned us to the city of Tallahassee before our big day. Eventually, the commuting back and forth came to an end, and we were able to fully settle into our new life by the new year. We entered into our training programs and that's when the ministry took off. During this time, it took us a while to find a new church home. Thanks to a true #godwink moment, we eventually found the right partnership the summer of 2019 in Victory Fellowship Church located in Thomasville, GA. (We know. We are only 15 minutes from the state line.) After 20+ years of serving in ministry and through the guidance of our church leadership and Holy Spirit, we received our ordination certificates April of 2021. We continue to serve the body of Christ in the matters of marriage and relationship. We are so thankful for this connection and the journey that has lead us to serve with such a healthy leadership and organization. (In other words, our church rocks! Come check it out.)
We look forward to sharing more of our written revelations with you in the future. In the meantime, we pray that the ones you have read so far have blessed you and encouraged you in your walk with our Lord, Jesus Christ.
We look forward to sharing more of our written revelations with you in the future. In the meantime, we pray that the ones you have read so far have blessed you and encouraged you in your walk with our Lord, Jesus Christ.