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The Calling

Most of my life I grew up hearing about God calling me and how it will change my life when I hear Him. I grew up waiting to hear this voice, and it never came. If you watch the TV show Manifest, the callings that they talk about reminds me of this sometimes. It made me question whether or not He was going to choose me. That maybe I was doing something wrong because I wasn’t hearing Him. At times it left me frustrated and defeated. Sometimes it deterred me from pursuing Him so much because nothing was happening. All that time He was trying I was just waiting for the wrong sign. It took me well into my late 20s to figure out that it doesn’t always have to be His voice that you wait for. He has other ways that He uses to try and reach us. So if you haven’t heard His voice hold tight. For me the first time I truly felt God that I can remember happened when I was 29 years old. I had been praying for a specific thing for years and felt like I was getting…

Stay The Path

“Someone else’s opinion of you is none of your business”- Rachel Hollis If you have been doing the last 90 days challenge or listening to her podcast then you know what I am talking about: people’s opinions of you and how you let them affect you. I am at my core a people pleaser, it is really hard for me when I come across someone who has a hard opinion of me. I would be lying if I said it doesn’t strike a chord to my heart, sometimes it cuts deeper than I would like to admit. Why do we let people’s opinions control how we feel about ourselves? Why do we let people’s opinions control our emotions at times? Why is it so hard to just stay on our path and focus on our journey and not seek the validation or acceptance of others? If you are succeeding or doing things right, the enemy is always going to be there to try and take you down. “Do not put peoples opinions above God’s calling”- David Groeshel  One of the hardest things that I…