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Haven Experience, Part II
Bible Study Mama opens up about her experience at Haven. #wepreach
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First Best Friend
The first friend I ever made in life was Bible Study Girl. She was my best friend in fact, and the only person I ever wanted to play with outside of my cousins. I trusted her and still do trust her with my life because, in my eyes, she is truth personified. She protected me and even beat someone up who tried to bully me one time. Anyone who knows me will know that I love my sister with everything that is in me. She took me on my first date, gets all of my jokes, and without trying makes me feel comfortable being me. She’s my sounding board and…
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I See God In Your Eyes
I remember back when I was in 10th grade. One of the most prophetic days of my life. I was sitting behind my future wife who just didn’t know it. Or rather didn’t want to show that she knew this to be true, and I was in deep thought. I wasn’t paying attention to class at all. There was something much more important on my mind. See, at the time I wrote a lot of poetry. So I would constantly have a composition notebook with me and my only desire would be to write whatever came to mind. Whether it was a song or a poem, I just had to…
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Happy Birthday, Bible Study Brother!!!
The picture attached to this blog is an oldy but a goody. Bible Study Brother and I are in our grandmother’s apartment in St. Louis. I have on my red, green, and yellow striped outfit that is perfectly accented by my Bugs Bunny earrings. Bible Study Brother has on an oversized t-shirt and his signature childhood glasses. We are smiling and happy. And right beside us on the couch is the Holy Bible. How ironic that we are living the life that was portrayed in that photo taken long ago. We still have questionable fashion choices. We are still smiling and happy. And right beside us is the Holy Bible.…
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Rise Up But Stay Humble
Our journey through the book of Nehemiah has been right on time in my life. At one point in time, the Christian streets were ablaze with the prayer of Jabez. We wanted God to enlarge our territories. We wanted all that He had for us, but there is a problem. Some of us cannot handle increase. When we are elevated, we start talking out of the side of our necks. We forget where we came from. Nehemiah has moved from prayer to promise. God provided Nehemiah what he asked for and then some. Sunday’s sermon reminded us that while we should rise up to the call that God has placed…
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Outrageous October Obliterated
Outrageous October marched out much the way that it marched in. Bible Study Mama and I committed to walking 4 miles each day for the first seven days of the month. Now, that tested and tried us, but we finished that goal. We were halfway to reaching our goal of walking sixty miles in the month of October. You would think that the rest of the miles would have come easily. Well, you thought wrong. The other twenty-four days remaining in the month were full of challenges. This proved to be the busiest month that I have had in 2020. My schedule was jam packed. Although I lean towards the…
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Haven Experience Part 1
The Younique Foundation offers a very special program called Haven. At Haven, adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse are given tools to help facilitate their healing. It is all offered free of charge. Attending Haven in December 2019 was a turning point for me. Hopefully, sharing my story will help others. #wepreach
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Fix Your Faith
If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then my facial expressions are worth 10,000 words. When I think something, it is written all over my face. Wearing face masks has not only helped slow the spread of COVID-19, it has also helped disguise my true thoughts about many situations. Well, at least when I am in public places. See, the trouble with wearing masks all the time is that I have gotten used to being carried away with my facial expressions. I have spent months wearing my feelings on my face and no one has been the wiser. Well, except for the fact that I have had 800 million Zoom…
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Adulting 101
Adulting is not for the faint of heart. See, in my mind, I was grown long before I was actually a grown adult. If you were a fly on the wall around eighteen-year-old Sareta, you would hear some interesting thoughts and opinions. Baby when I graduated high school and went off to college, you could NOT tell me that I was not an adult. So what if I did not pay for my own things? The high school diploma was my ticket for entrance into adult life. Clearly, I had lots to learn. My first semester in college was glorious. Do not tell my mama, but I stayed up all…
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By Our Love
Love. You cannot turn on the radio without hearing a song about it. One of the songs that echo in my ears from my childhood church says, “We are one in the Spirit. We are one in the Lord. We are one in the Spirit. We are one in the Lord. And we pray that all unity may one day be restored. And they’ll know we are Christians by our love. Yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love.” I remember singing this song while playing outside. It had a catchy tune that was great for my skipping. At that time, I could not even begin to comprehend the…
