The Purpose Room

Promise: a declaration or assurance that something will happen. (natural). “I had fainted unless, I had believed to see the Goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.” – Psalms 27:13 In this season of my life, I have found it to be both challenging yet adventurous. These last couple of months I have been searching desperately for God to carry me through this hard and difficult season. Throughout the pruning and stretching, GOD has truly restored me and has given me a clear perspective of who I am and why it is to live holy. (See “A Call to Holiness” Blog). At the end of this trying season, I have finally arrived at this place of newness and holiness, but most of all acceptance. In order to accept God’s promises for my life, I must accept myself. I am learning to cling to HIS promises and not what I see. The bible says, “ It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in humans.” (Psalms 118:8-9) Why does God say that? He warns us of ourselves and others. As hum...

Grace: favor; good will. The free and unmerited love and favor by God. This is my first blog in a couple of months, but I won’t say that I’m back and better than ever because that would be really cliché of me. It just doesn’t feel authentic. In the past few months, my life has seemed like a whirlwind. I am a full-time student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a daughter, sister, friend, and servant. During my season of difficulty, I forgot who I am. The events that added me up to me looking in the mirror and not knowing whom I was left me feeling like I was having an identity crisis and although it felt like a personal internal battle the events were only triggered by what was happening to me. The first event was a friend of mine committed suicide. I find it so hard to believe because I grew up with the young man and his sister. We all ran in the same circle growing up and it was heart-breaking. I will admit that his death personally affected me like ne...