When God Redirects! It all started with some discontent. Ain't nothing like a lil holy discontent to mess up your life 🙂 . Allow me to take you back a bit. I quit college in 2006 because I was pregnant and single and I just couldn't manage the tragedy that was now my life. My …
Continue reading I’m a teacher! Why and how I switched careers in my later thirties 🙂
I know, I know. I can hardly even admit it to myself sometimes. I can hear y'all saying, "well how she went from being a journalist to a prophet..." Same thing I ask myself. I'm a teacher now too... But hear me out. I'd stopped blogging because I was getting weary and confused. I graduated …
Continue reading I’m A Prophet… Now what? From revelation to acceptance.
Joy to the world! I can't contain my excitement on this Christmas Day! Quick story... As most of you know I'm in school working on my journalism degree and after much delay and struggle (because what's a success story without setbacks) I'm finally set to graduate on June, 2nd. (Insert celebration here.) …
As we witness nature transition so beautifully and effortlessly from fall to winter... We should all take a lesson from the trees.
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Lately, I have discovered I have a passion for photography. I don’t even know where it came from but for the past few months, while walking back and forth to work, I have been overwhelmed by the beauty of God all around me and there’s a burning desire in me to capture it, similar to when I get inspiration for a poem. Unfortunately, I don’t have a “photographer’s camera”, it’s just me and my I-phone and I know nothing of lines, compositions, shutter speeds and ISO, so I’ve just been doing the best I know how until I can get a real camera and take some photography classes. ( P.S. Christmas is coming up and my birthday is two months later, if anyone wants to buy me a Nikon D3300 I will love you forever 🙂 )
And so, in this very difficult season I’m in (I like to call it my refinement process) I’m…
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I am a great writer. I KNOW that. I know that I can tell a story, write a poem or a song, get a message across, create, convince, coerce... I can work magic with my pen. It doesn't matter the subject matter or the forum, I can convey it and I can do it well. …
I woke up this morning at 4:00 am to a bubbly seven year old, bursting at the seams with excitement, ready to open his gifts. I usually look forward to the joy on his face when he rips open a package and sees something he's been wishing for all year. The thank yous and hugs …
“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” G.K. Chesterton As I sit here listening to Grateful by Kurt Carr and feeling the love of God flow through me, I'm reminded of one simple yet profound truth: gratitude brings happiness. In fact, it is my …
Keciah M. Bailey 