My Birthday Week
Hi ladies it's me again and happy Lord's day! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. The title I have for this blog is called "My Birthday Week" blog. Well last week was my birthday week which was a bit of a rollercoaster week. It started with me getting a ride to church from a lovely deaçon and his wife to church while my mom picked me up from church. I recorded a music video on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Tiktok to a Christian song called "The Lion And The Lamb" by "Leeland" and "Big Daddy Weave" and hosted my regular virtual Bible study. On Dr. King Jr Day I posted on Facebook, watched part of the "King miniseries" on YouTube, and got to talk to my wonderful godfather on Zoom! That Tuesday and Thursday I taught my online class, and hosted my regular virtual prayer meeting. Now let's talk about the day of my birthday and my actual birthday dinner. My actual birthday was on a Wednesday and I received a ton of birthdays on Facebook and shared a music video cover song by gospel artist Kirk Franklin called "My Life My Love My All" from his 2002 album "The Rebirth Of Kirk Franklin''. I shared that on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Tiktok and Kirk Franklin is one of my favorite gospel artists of all time too. I also got to bring a cake to church to celebrate my birthday and got to celebrate with my teens and youth leaders. I also received a few birthday cards with money in them and my wonderful godfather and his colleagues wished me a happy birthday as well. (My godfather always has made me feel special and my birthday is no different. His care for me feels like nurture and like I'm the most important person in the room!) That Saturday on January 24th I shared another music video cover by a male gospel sextet band "Take 6" "If We Ever Needed The Lord" on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Tiktok before heading to "Red Robin" restaurant at 6 PM. I actually created that event on January 10th as a Facebook public event and invited various folks on Facebook to go as well as invited others through text. It was a very cold week but by the grace of God many family members, friends, and even Pastor Bowen showed up! I received lots of hugs, birthday cards with money, as well as lots of love. Some women from my online women's program showed up which was so precious as well. I appreciate all of them showing up despite it being brutally cold outside! It has also been a rough time over the past several months and it was so nice to have some time to have joy in my life after dealing with so much heaviness! (Side note some of the hard times consist of healing of trauma, dealing with a loved one with legal troubles, and incarceration, among dealing with the day to day challenges! I've also never sugarcoated in blog form, on Facebook, or at my virtual Bible studies how life can be extremely complex and challenging.) I'm thankful that the Lord has given me another year of life knowing that not everyone gets to have another birthday. I also remember hearing an old saying go. ''What a blessing it is to be among the land of the living.'' Psalm 90;12 says ''Teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts to wisdom'' James 4;14 says ''Life is but a vapor''. Because of those things being true that's why I value celebrating my birthday as well as other people's birthdays. I also know how important it is to thank God for one's many blessings and gaining another birthday much less another day is a blessing in disguise something that some of us sadly take for granted. Plus I like a celebration in the midst of the brutal cold weather that we in Wisconsin sometimes get! (Yes that's right I was born during one of the coldest days of the year! My mom often reminds me of that often lol.) For those that have been able to come to my birthday dinner thank you so much and those that wished me happy birthday thank you so much. It means so much to more than you know. For those of you ladies who have supported my online women's ministry for the past five years as well as purchased my books thank you as well. It means so much to me. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Blessings to each of you ladies, happy Lord's day, and have a blessed week everyone.










