Pour into me...

Is this your prayer? Because I have been fretting about some things in my life, I had to give myself some space. Some time to think. Time to reflect on the many things I have to be grateful for...and remind myself that it's okay to not feel okay some days. To be honest, I have felt completely empty. NO words to give myself, let alone my team. I have been asking and praying for God to pour into me. Give me the strength I need to make it through another day. Then Lemonade happened.

This is where and when I allowed myself to become unglued and listen to this artist visualize the beauty, pain, and angst of being a black woman, the most disrespected, unprotected, and neglected person on this earth. It took me through a range of emotions that I just had to release. Although Yonce is chronicling a test in her relationship, she goes through ALL the emotions we feel when any meaningful relationship disappoints us. Even the relationship we have with ourselves...

She took us through intuition, denial, anger, apathy, accountability, transformation, forgiveness, emptiness, and lastly, hope! And because of this my emptiness doesn't feel like the burden it once did. It now feels like a beacon of hope, to be able to pour out once again. It allowed me to know that life is a journey and God needs you to feel some things so that you can really experience the magnitude of his greatness. The fact that he has created everything on this Earth, yet has allowed us to FEEL these emotions. #Blessing

So here's my challenge question: Are you empty enough to let God flow to and through you? There's nothing wrong with being in despair looking for a word from the Father. You need to allow God to move in your sacred space, making room for Him. How do you allow more space for God to move in and speak to your heart? Create S.P.A.C.E.

S - Separate from things and people you KNOW are posing as a distraction. It doesn't even have to be a long time. This very post came to me as I was sitting in my car by myself as it rained and thundered for about an hour and a half. I cried my tears along with the heavens and God said, you are loved. Even when you don't feel it. It may seem like things won't go on if you're not paying attention to them. But they will.

P - Pray that you can be STILL enough to hear God's voice when he speaks. Because he will.

A - Allow yourself to feel that despair and allow God to speak to you in ways that you can quite fathom right now. But you will.

C - Calm yourself. You've worried about it long enough. God is not a God of confusion. When it's time for it to come to fruition, it will.

E - Examine/empty yourself. Are you ready to take on what God is going to give you? You are.

#motivation #blackwomen #support #Lemonade #hope #Beyonce