New Year, New Queen!

Hello Queen,

    Yes, you! The beautiful one reading these words. This is for you.  I have already started this blog but I want to be more committed to it this year. More committed to those like me, young hearts like YOU! I've written this to save you from the same internal fights that I've gone through.

The first thing I want you to know is that you are a Queen! Not as some cool, trending thing to say. But because that is how God has truly made you. The things you've done, the people you've hurt, the ways you've been hurt by others, it doesn't matter. God loves you! That's the truth I had to learn. It's still a journey to unveil at times. Then after I learned that, I had to receive that same knowledge in my heart.

I am considered beautiful by many, but for a long time I couldn't see it in myself. Hopefully, this can help you open your eyes in order to open your own heart to how great you are. If you don't know you for yourself, it doesn't matter what great things people say. I was so shy, insecure, lost, confused and scared. There are others who are insecure but they boldly portray confidence. But deep on the inside, still scared, lost, and confused about life. Neither is better than the other, and neither has to exist any longer.

Though I felt those ways on the inside I knew there was much more to life. I didn't want to do the mundane: Graduate, go to college, graduate, get a job, get married, have kids...

I always wondered where was the passion? Where's the fun? Not just every now and then but every day. What would make me keep going everyday? what gives me purpose? What is my purpose? I would ask myself this constantly.

So, a year after graduating college I made a bold move...and moved! I went from Kansas City to Atlanta. I prayed. God answered. Not how I expected, but even bigger. He guided me so that I would learn a lot about Him, and in turn learned about myself. Not overnight, like I had hoped, but slowly and intentionally. It's been 6 years I started my personal journey with God after that move and there is still no arrival point. Everyday is a learning lesson. Never doubt God's plans. He is always working even when you can't see it.
Something He is still working on with me.

But, wherever you are on your journey, know that a queen's journey is always going. When it is bigger than you and what you can do on your own, you, my queen, are on the right track. No matter what lies attempt to persuade you otherwise, always remember the first rule:

You are a Queen!