There was a time that all I cared about was shoes. Shoes and shopping. A closet full of emptiness. It became packed with all the latest and the greatest. I would spend, spend and spend, spend. Leaving my soul to feel so spent!

All this upkeep to be this darling diva and all it did was cause me the darkest depression.
Im so glad it’s  no longer a phase or some overtime maze to keep jumping through hoops for some simple recognition.

Now it’s all about wearing the best 👠 shoes, those of peace. Those I wear them well and not about spending much but about being much. I didn’t need fancy shoes to keep a confidence, make me feel special, wanted, sexy or important. The shoes that I wear now I can wear all day long and no longer cause me pain.  These shoes bring me to my purpose in Him!!!! For every step I take in His peace brings me closer.

I can’t cater to confusion. I just won’t because I do know I am too authentic for that. I know my worth. I also know that this life is not my own. I’m the hangman after the one Man that has always been after all of my heart.

I also don’t live in regret. I live in Christ and Christ lives in me. That redemption I need 💯 and nothing less than that. I live in peace, just as He says abide in Me and I in you…. we remain in His love.

“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭26:3‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.”
‭‭John‬ ‭15:4‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you, now remain in My love.”
John 15:9

“and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.”
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭6:15‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Sometimes discouragement, depression and despair try knocking on the door!

They come together in these three to apply force to get in strategically and effectively!

But the word of God reminds us:
“Guard your heart more than anything else, because the source of your life flows from it.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭4:23‬ ‭GW‬‬

We can’t allow any of that in.
We can’t provide any entertainment for it.
We can’t even ask for it to come again some other day. Because any entertainment equals empowerment.

The door must be shut.
The pathway must be closed.
The guard must be vigilant. Always ready for the provisioning that it is going to take for us to KEEP focused!

We Follow One Course Until Successful.
However that be.
However we keep that.
We must stay remained in Him.
Rooted and grounded in Him.

“So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through your faith. And may you, having been [deeply] rooted and [securely] grounded in love,”
‭‭EPHESIANS‬ ‭3:17‬ ‭AMP‬‬

We must not only be rooted in Christ but DEEPLY rooted! Beyond the surface, so that when discouragement, depression and despair try moving our way, our roots are so deep that we are completely secure and unaffected by it! That we are not moved by any of the negativity and doubt! We stand firm and secure, guarding our hearts!

We never stop praying because we trust that the only things knocking at our door are opportunities, hope and a purposeful future that is ahead for us. Those are the best things knocking at the door.

Bye bye discouragement, depression, despair, doubt and discontentment!

Hello to my blessings! ❤️