2024 came with everything and so did YOU. Stand strong. Look up. Hold on. You haven’t come this far to leave now.
No little girl and women are going to be left behind this year!
I wanted to start #March #WomensHistoryMonth with a different message, but these weeks have been beyond demanding, challenging, and difficult, and I want to share what GOD showed me to help others.
As different we may look and be, we all—especially as women—go through similar trials, difficulties, pressures, and stress. I had to explode on Thursday in front of other amazing women in order to understand this and decompress.
You see, we all have a GOD-given purpose and dreams. We are all called to move forward. Nonetheless, we will never be able to go forward if we don’t know how to STAND and STAY ROOTED in our life and in our faith, so…
STAND
When things don’t go your way…
In the middle of your storm…
Despite setbacks, obstacles, challenges, your tiredness, your frustration, your desire to give up and leave the dreams God gave you….
When it gets difficult, and you can’t walk or don’t know how to continue…
With disappointments, tears in your eyes, anger, and fury…
Though you are waiting longer than expected for your promise…
Stand with all your heart and all you have because you are never standing alone. (Joshua 1:9)
HOLD ON
It’s hard (yes), but don’t quit in the middle of your transformation.
Endure. It will come to pass.
You have come far, GOD has brought you far from where and who you once were, to leave everything now.
You wouldn’t be facing adversity if there isn’t something worthy and big on the other side of it.
RISE UP
You are being prepared, developed, stretched, and equipped for what is ahead.
Your maturity and your capacity to produce and receive must be enlarged first so you can go towards GOD’s next.
Get up.
Know that all things are working for your good. (Romans 8:28)
TAKE YOUR PLACE
Know your worth and stand with your head held high.
Keep looking up to the ONE who will get you through. Don’t let your frustrations blind you from all the progress you have made.
Take a step forward. Move again.
Stay focused. Know by faith that better is coming. (Hebrews 11:1)
As pastor Touré Roberts once said, “When it’s something you love the most, you are in the fight of your life.” Moving forward is not passive family. We have to know how to fight (as my previous post “Get Up, Get Dressed and Get in the Fight Again) and stand if we want to move to next. Crumbling down is allowed too; but please, after getting all the rest you need, get back up and stand again.
GOD is moving you forward. All of these things are signs and confirmation of it. Don’t stay in the same place or go back to who you used to be because it’s easier. Don’t settle to live beneath your calling and impact.
Blowouts and seasons of hardships are part of our life. Without them, we will never grow and outgrow our old self. The best part…. You are not doing this alone. You have GOD (1st) (Deuteronomy 31:8) and people that care.
Stand. Rise Up & Take Your Place. Keep going, don’t stop now. Have faith and believe. You are getting closer to what GOD has for your life. It is a matter of time. If HE said so, have the assurance that it will all come to pass.
I promise it is all worthy. ♥️
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