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  • The Things That Led Me To Now

    The Things That Led Me To Now

    I was sick of my shit – that’s how all of this started. I implemented God in my life and started to evolve in ways that changed my perspectives. I lost a lot of people that were in my life that I later learned weren’t losses at all but they were pruned so other people…

  • Wobbly Motion

    Wobbly Motion

    I’ve been showing up. I’ve been posting. But the rhythm has been wobbly. I’m moving, but it doesn’t feel smooth. And maybe that’s the point. Maybe God is stretching me so I don’t get complacent. Perhaps my alignment is off.Life’s challenges have been consistent, and we all know how it is when you get a…

  • Rising

    Rising

    Until I started this journey with God I didn’t really see the good in the things that I’d survived. I went through things (i.e. heartbreak, childhood drama, betrayal, etc.) that affected me for a while. Made decisions that had a direct effect on my life and the choices I made. I put up major walls,…

  • The Hangover

    The Hangover

    Working faith into my life has been liberating. It stretched me in places that made the process feel hard at first, but ended up being very good for me. Looking back over this God journey a lot of things have happened that I wouldn’t say were ideal by Joi’s standards. I mean who picks learning…

  • Surrender Made Faith Present

    Surrender Made Faith Present

    What a journey. Closer to the beginning of this theme I vented about how it seemed like since I said yes to surrendering life has given me it’s best. One conflict after another stemming from everywhere possible, home, work, even within myself. But going through all of this has taught me how to surrender everything…

  • Surrender Doesn’t Follow My Calendar

    Surrender Doesn’t Follow My Calendar

    There are moments when I get so focused on the process — the schedule, the timing, the order, the “supposed to” — that I forget why I’m doing any of this in the first place. Today I caught myself trying to keep up with a calendar I created… instead of keeping up with the God…