Hello ladies!! I am soooo excited to say that this post makes one year of Broken To Beautiful!! I am so thankful for you all for listening to me, encouraging me, sharing this blog with your friends and family, and taking time out of your day to support this mission. I questioned whether I should start this assignment so many times. I wondered “Who is going to listen to what I have to say?” Thank you for allowing me to speak into your life and to share my life experiences with you all. This post is a compilation of some of the things I have learned along this journey. I found that the things I have learned this past year are also things that we can apply to life. Let’s do it.

I have learned that I am not easily affected by numbers. I can actually see how many people visit this blog at any given day. Some months have been AMAZING, others have not been so great. I have to celebrate the small victories. If I was caught up in numbers, I would have aborted the mission many times. In life, when we know we are fulfilling our God given assignment, we must never give up, even if no one supports, listens, or watches. Our service is to please God. Sorry to break the news to you, but everyone is not assigned to your gift. This blog is not for everyone; it is also not for everyone in this moment. We cannot stop moving in our assignments because we feel that we are not seen. If that happens, those that we have been called to heal with our gift will die in their struggle.

I have learned that I can be consistent. Y’all, your girl has struggled with that for YEARS! At the beginning of last year, God gave me the word commitment. I had to learn to be committed and consistent with the things of God before I can be consistent with anything else. I have always been one to just quit if things were not working the way I wanted them to. Committing to God with this assignment has helped me in many areas of my life to exercise discipline, stop procrastination, and maintain momentum. You guys keep me accountable. Just when I think that I want to go back to person I was, God sends someone that encourages me and gives me fuel to keep my fire burning.

I have learned that I am braver than I thought. I am a pretty private individual. There have been so many transparent moments that have been shared, so many things brought back to my memory just for this purpose, and times that I have had to stand in my truth even when it hurt me or others. The release of each post is like a personal crucifixion. My natural inclination to withdraw has to die and I have to yield to God, which requires another level of faith. I am not a risk taker and fear has kept me hostage for so long, so this was very difficult for me to do. I have to draw from the strength of God, I cannot do this in my own strength and be successful. I have to be brave so that the people following me can be brave. Your process of growth can lead someone else out of their place of bondage. Do it afraid.

I have learned that I have something to say. Even if I don’t, God has something to say through me. God also uses our actions as well as our silence and maturity. We are God’s hands and feet in the earth. There are people waiting on us to use what God has given us to bring them to a place of deliverance and freedom. Even a simple hello can speak volumes and let others know that they are seen! There are times that people would ask me to pray for them or just tell me the private things in their life and I’m like “How do you even know I have a prayer life or if I can be trusted with all this information?” My life shows that I am credible, even if I don’t say a word. If we continue to keep quiet and sit on our hands, we can’t bring healing to this broken world. We can sometimes be so consumed in our feelings, that we don’t leave space to be able to speak to someone else’s hurt. We have to get over ourselves and complete the mission set before us.

I pray that this has brought about a personal revelation for you. I pray that God will continue to bless this journey and that we would continue to grow together and flourish like trees planted by the river. I pray that we would produce good fruit. I pray that we would allow God to finish the work He has started in us as He leads us to go forth and share our growth with others. We come out of agreement with anything that would hinder us from the freedom we need to fulfill the plans and purposes for our lives. I thank God for you. I have been called to do this whether one person reads or if thousands read it, but I am grateful that you join me here every month. I pray that I would continue to be a good steward of you all and that the territory would be enlarged because of my commitment to this assignment. I pray that God continues to allow me to speak to your hearts and minds. As I come to my places of healing and wholeness, I am honored to share the blueprint God has given me to aid in your freedom. Thank you for joining me on the journey! Love you all!