Daily Scripture: Abandon Me Not

They say you find out who your true friends are when you’re down to nothing, that those who aren’t truly your friend are there when everything is great but they abandon you once the going gets tough.  But I know of one TRUE friend that we all have that will not abandon us ever.  Regardless of what you are going through in life, whether you are at the top of the world or in the pits of the lowest valley, God will be right there with you.  Even when you turn your back on God, He waits patiently for us to return back to Him, to trust Him and obey Him so that He can fulfill everything He has promised for your life.  God is a loving God, a faithful God, and a friend like no other.  When you feel like you have no one, when you feel like some of the people you considered your fiend is now nowhere to be found and sometimes are out to destroy you, when it seems like you are in the valleys of life alone, remember you are not alone.  God is right there with you , will always be there with you and He will never abandon you!!!

³⁰ When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the Lord your God and obey him. ³¹ For the Lord your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.~Deuteronomy 4:30-31

Do You Still Believe in Love?

Do you still believe in love?

I have never been the lovey dovey type, the girl that has had her wedding planned since the age of 3.  Okay the age of 3 may be a little dramatic, but working in the wedding industry there are seriously some ladies that have been planning their "dream wedding" since they could utter the words I Love You!  But hey, that's not me.  I've had my fair share of heartbreak, and it seems like more heartbreak than love, but the only thing that keeps me from saying that I have given up on love is because the Bible states that God is love, and I will never give up on God because He would never give up on me.  But to say that I had given up on the fairy tale ending is how I would put my take on love.  My mother was always my life line, that one love that made the blow from another heartbreak seem less fatal.  They say you can die from a broken heart, I just hope and pray that my demise is not due to a broken heart.  But you know what's amazing, how you can have such negative experiences with relationships and love and yet still have hope in love.  What's truly amazing is how an individual can come into your life unexpectedly and change your outlook on life.

Journey of Life

On November 2, 2007, I sat on the front pew of Greater Bellevue Baptist Church and the only words I remember hearing is "Brittney stay strong" whispered in my ear by my mother as Bentley asked did anyone want to view my mother's body for the last time before they closed the casket. Panic then set in and my whole life flashed before my eyes. I still feel that a major part of me, that I will never get back was also buried 6 feet deep at Cherry Blossom on the 2nd of November. 

Since that day life has been a journey, major ups and major downs, but I continue to hold on to those words "Brittney stay strong, they need you". An associate of mine recently pointed out on a post on my Instagram page, "Always wanted to know how you lived through that.. Even in college I never had enough guts to ask."