And just like that, one day I realized--after many tears, many prayers, and far too much doubt, that it was time for me to start believing in all that God placed in me. I realized that it was time for me to believe what God says about me. I realized that life is so short that I don’t have forever to keep missing this message because not only is there much work to do, there is so much inside of me just waiting for me to act. There may even be someone out there waiting for all that I have to offer, so I decided that there there would be no more waiting...

Not waiting for me to be talked into it…

Not waiting for me to have someone else sign off on it….

Not waiting for someone to believe in me…

The work in me is waiting for me to decide that we both matter, and we are both good enough!

If you struggle with believing in yourself, join me in believing what the God of this universe says about you without wavering:

I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Psalm 139:14
I am protected.
Psalm 91:7
I have no reason to fear.
Isaiah 41:10
I have no reason to ever feel inferior.
Deuteronomy 28:13
I have Divine strength and help.
Isaiah 41:10
I have been entrusting with unique gifts abilities.
1 Peter 4:10
I cannot fail because even defeat works for my good!
Romans 8:28

Let’s get off the fence about ourselves and our Creator for real this time! It’s insane (or at the least inconsistent) to doubt the God that we say we believe in; and equally so to doubt ourselves when we say that we believe His Word. Let’s put an end to doubt and disbelief today! I am ready, how about you???

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   26 Apr, 2016

   My Guest Spot on the Women in Funeral Services Blog

   http://womeninfuneralservice.com/2016/04/26/thriving-in-a-male-dominated-industry
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   14 Apr, 2016

   Work Ethic

   I am not a sports fan, but I have always been a Kobe fan. My family has always wondered about my fascination with him when I hardly care for sports. What they don't understand is that the stories of his work ethic astound me. Hard work always gets my attention! They don't understand that work ethic is everything to me. My dad was a construction worker and ALWAYS did what he had to do for us. When my daughter was small and my ex was not working, my dad tried to come out of retirement and go back
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   19 Mar, 2016

   The Cost of Fear

   For those of you who do not know me, that is me circled in the picture above. I know the picture is a little grainy, but I absolutely love it because it captured everything that I was feeling at our book release party. When I look at it, I see how beautiful I look. I see how happy I look. I remember how overjoyed I felt. I wrote a chapter in an anthology with 19 other authors and when we came together for the launch party on this weekend, it was nothing short of divine; I see that when I look at
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   26 Jan, 2016

   Dab!

   Unsportsmanlike conduct? I get it, there are rules. But do we really want to say don’t celebrate the time of your life? Don’t have fun? Who’s really mad? You did the work, you overcame the obstacles, and now your preparation has met divine opportunity and you just want to dance, or dab a little, or even a lot! You are not the least bit worried about all of the negative forces that were against you, they thought you would never make it but you are too busy celebrating your successes to think of