“Build your Faith on the integrity of God’s word.”

Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.. Proverbs 16:3

Greetings Family,

It seems like forever since I have reached out to you all! I have to say it’s been an eventful year! First I want to thank God for his Grace and his overall Goodness in my life! I am not a perfect pet, and I whine and complain like the next creature, but I am learning throughout these years that the steps to faith are truly built on trusting God and his word for my life. I am learning to be patient, and wait. Waiting on things are extremely difficult in this time and this age that we’re in. Everything is built on instant gratification and constant distractions; how to generate passive income fast, how to own properties with other people’s funding, to running off to exotic islands on cheap flights, to becoming an overnight success as a chef when your salmon recipe goes viral! Whew! It happens so fast! Getting married after dating each other for 3 months! we’re moving at a fast rate in life. Unfortunately I have found once I reached my fifties, the pace became not only fast, but with an anxiety attached with it. I felt like I had more yesterdays than I had tomorrows. I literally started to panic! where should I be at this point? My children are adults now, with their own lives, and here I am still waiting to discover the undiscovered me.

So what do you do when you get that feeling that life is passing you by? especially when you embark upon your fifties? And you will feel it, trust me; at some point in your journey of growth, panic seeps in and the distraction of watching others obtain and acquire good fortune or fame will start to rattle your cage of awareness; What will you do? I remember the scripture in Phillipians 4:6-7(MSG) ” Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down . It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.” I promise you this scripture will help put you back on track to a peaceful and purposeful journey emotionally, mentally and physically. When we focus on faith and not on the “fads” in our society, we can see that God has already taken care of things. No longer do I depend on my emotions to put me in a place of urgency or despair. Immediately, my anxiety started to quiet down and I stopped giving power to it. I am not saying that it doesn’t flare up now and then when I see something attractive (like a new outfit, or a scenic view of an exotic resort that I’d like to visit), but I can rest in this scripture to put me back into balance knowing that God is working on making me whole and healthy and happy in the life I already have at 50+. Amen!