Category: faith

My one day may be today.

I woke up hopeful.

I woke up hoping.

I woke up hoping for my dreams to come true.

Maybe one day.

My one day may be today.

Who knows?

I have no idea. Which is why I wake up hopeful.

My one day may yet well be today.

I shall wait patiently to see what shall befall me today.

Ah God. My one day may be today. Is it?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Hang in there, beloveds. Your one day, may be today! Keep pressing forward. Although your steps may seem slow, keep going. Give yourself credit for the steps you are taking. Don’t worry about how many steps are left to come. Enjoy the journey. Eery step. Enjoy the people you meet on the way. Love as many as you can. This life is so short. It’s much shorter than any of us realize.

We never know when the last time really is the last time. Embrace this time. Even the hard parts. You can do this. You will do this. In case no one has told you yet today: I love you. So does He.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

This does not always have to equal that.

Life is complicated. So much so that it can be hard to understand.

I used to judge life based upon outcomes. If THIS happens, it must mean THAT will follow.

If he says THIS, then THAT must be true.

If she does THIS, surely THAT will come to pass.

The more I live, beloveds, the more I have found that this does not always have to equal that.

I am learning not to judge life by it’s outcomes.

Just because a tornado swooped in, taking half the town away, does NOT mean all my dreams were taken with it.

Just because my job ended, because I was not yet ready to return, does not mean I am a failure.

Just because, the folk who I thought would stand with me, left me during my greatest need, does not mean I am unworthy of love and support.

Those things happened. Life happened. Life is often not fair.

That said, this does not always have to equal that

This world wants us to believe EVERYTHING and EVERY relationship has to be transactional. What’s more, we are told to focus on our wants and needs. To get what WE want. Sure, we can do for others, so long as it is convenient for US.

I choose not to live that way. I choose to love simply for the sake of loving. Yea, I long to be loved in return. I no longer base my worth upon who chooses to love me. Or not.

I am doing my best to love folk as God loves me: Unconditionally. Warts and all.

I hate election cycles. It’s a time where one political side sows division. It’s where half the country are told folk, who look like me, are lazy, unpatriotic, trying to take the jobs of folk who don’t look like me, and on and on.

I REFUSE to hate those who don’t look like me. It saddens me the hateful names folk are saying about them that look like me…*sigh*.

I CHOOSE to love and pray for them, still. I am sad for a world who is stupidly fighting over baubles, trinkets, homes, lands, and money instead of fighting for one another.

This does not always have to equal that, beloveds.  We can all be better. We can all DO better. We can all open our mouths and hearts to beat back the darkness.

Let’s love one another. Speaking of which: I love you. So does He.

Be encouraged.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Love someone. Starting with you. Asking for A Friend. ❤️‍🩹♥️🥰🛑

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Don’t turn away. Face it.

Don’t turn away from your fear(s). Face it.

Don’t turn away from doing what’s right. Face it.

Don’t turn away from your hopes/doubts for your future. Face it.

Nothing is certain in this life. Don’t waste time trying to hold onto certainty. Just because things happened one way, today. Doesn’t mean tomorrow will duplicate yesterday’s outcome.

Don’t turn away, beloveds, from the things that challenge you. Face them.

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Any coward can run away and hide. Face it. Face YOU. You can do it.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Real talk: No going back!

Real talk…*sigh*….

I find myself missing the:

Comfortable.

Familiar.

Known.

We all talk a big game, don’t we, when it comes to wanting growth and change?

We talk a whoooooole lotta crap about wanting to do whatever is needed to grow.

Then, at first sign of the unknown, we cry like big babies:

“It’s dark!”

“I can’t see!”

“I don’t know them!”

“I don’t know if I can trust this!”

“Are You sure?!”

We want change. Easily. Handed to us on a silver platter. No pain involved.

Ah, pain. It sure has been a pain in the uh oh.

Instead of racing back to the familiar, I strain forward.

It’s dark.

I can’t see.

I trust You.

trusting even when I can’t see,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep moving forward, beloveds. Don’t let the unknown chase you back into the shadows. Stay in the light. You got this.

In case no one has told you today: I love you. So does He.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Make a decision.

Make a decision.

To love.

Make a decision.

To try.

Make a decision.

To care.

Then, get on out there and love!

Get on out there and try!

Get on out there and care!

Nuff said.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Um, you are supposed to be out there loving, trying and caring. Get going!❤️‍🩹♥️🥰🎤

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Repeat after me: Something good is coming to/for me!

Repeat after me:

Something good is coming to/for me!

Enjoy your day, beloveds. Something good IS coming to/for you!

Rejoice!!

Something good IS fixing to come/happen to and for you. Activate your FAITH, not your FEAR. We all stand on something. CHOOSE your FAITH.

believing with and in you,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: SOMETHING GOOD IS FIXING TO HAPPEN!!!!!!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Run towards, not away.

EVERYTHING in me, beloveds, wants to run away and hide.

I want to rush back to the familiar.

I want to shy away from the unknown.

I am hesitant, so am hesitating.

That said, EVERYTHING within me is straining, is yearning, is hopeful to experience NEW life.

New life is frightening.

New life is boring.

New life is challenging.

New life is inspiring.

New life is…new.

I don’t know what to do with the old.

I don’t know what to DO with this new ME.

Ah, God, what do I DO with ME, NOW?!

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Forgive me, beloveds, for posting more. Life is short. There are so many folk who are on the precipice of a breakthrough.

There are sooooooooo many folk on the verge of giving up before their breakthrough breaks through.

Hold on.

Hold out.

Be encouraged.

I don’t know why the fight has been so hard, this week. Still, I rise. Still, I hope. Still, I cry. Still, I believe. Still, I wash the dishes. Still, I get in my me time. Still…

Beloveds, let NOTHING keep you from standing on FAITH. There are days where it will take everything in you to fight back the fear, the darkness, the despair. Be encouraged.

You are EXACTLY where you are supposed to be. The fact you are being fought soooooooo hard, beloveds, is proof positive you are on the right path.

Keep MOVING.

FORWARD!

Keep looking UP.

ALWAYS!

We got this.

The Universe has us all.

If you experience moments of unbelief, that’s okay. It’s okay to wonder what in the fresh hell is going on and why the world has things not yet changed!

Enjoy your day. ALL of it. You are growing. You are building faith muscles you never knew you had. You are loving. You are slowly allowing your heart to open. Give yourself credit. Asking for A Friend.

In case no one has told you today: I love you. So does He.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Throw motivation in the shower.

I’m feeding my mind with positive music. I would rather be stuffing my face with a croissant sandwich that is waiting for me!

I felt a pity party wanting to come upon me. I wasn’t feeling motivated. I came upon my pity party and motivation and threw them both in the shower!

Don’t waste your time waiting for your motivation to get motivated. Take motivation, throw it in the shower, and keep it moving.

When I was young and dumb, I would sit and wait, for motivation to come, before I would feel like doing anything. Of course, motivation rarely came during those waiting periods. SMH

Building good habits taught me how to just get up and do things. Whether I felt like doing those things or not. I’m ready to go back to bed. I can’t. I have writing to do. I can’t do a thing about what will or what not happen. All I can do is my part. I am doing my part. Best as I can. My part may not lead to anything great. Perhaps it may. We shall see.

Don’t stop before the job is done. How will you know when the job is done? When it’s finished!

Stop waiting for motivation to come knocking on the door. Motivation is waiting for your perspiration! Get going. You have things to do.

doing thangs,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: This has been a long month. I told myself I was going to take the day to rest. Good habits refused to let me do that. Good habits made me drag motivation out of bed. Good habits have me chasing after my dreams….lol. Maybe I shall chase down one or two of them today. I’m going to do my best to find out. How about you?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Don’t give up. Not just yet.

I want to give up.

Right now.

I’m tired. The roofers are roofing. The maintenance guys are maintaining. The heatwave won’t end. The bills keep piling up.

Me: I’m tired of this.

God: I know.

Me: I don’t think You are moving fast enough. Honestly, it doesn’t seem as if You are moving at all for ME.

God: I know. Will you trust me?

Me: Do I have a choice?

God: You do. I will love you however you decide.

Me: Fresh hell…K.

I am in a blaming mood. I want to blame the tornado for turning my life upside down. I want to blame my job for not caring. I want to blame friends for not caring. I want to blame me for not understanding that work and friends would not care when things got hot. I want to blame God for allowing all of this mess in the first place.

I want to lay in bed and play the blame game. Instead, I rise. I get up. I make coffee. I write. I pray. I stand fast. I choose joy. I choose to wait patiently. I don’t have the luxury of time. Life is much too short to be wasting by playing the blame game.

Today is the start of another month. I wonder what the month will bring. I am doing my best to accept whatever comes. It’s not easy. We were never promised an easy life. We can have an awesome life. It’s up to us.

We decide to love. We decide to hope. We decide to dream. We decided we quit or continue.

Be encouraged. Don’t give up. Not just yet.

asking for A Friend.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I honestly did not want to make my act right act right today. I want to tell my try to shut up already. I can’t. I have things to do. I’m tired of all the construction going around. I’m tired of looking at all the destruction. I’m just tired. I can’t quit. Neither can you.

It’s easy to quit when we are tired. Don’t give up. Not quite yet. You have no idea what’s beyond the next corner. Move forward. Keep looking up. It’s OK to be discouraged. Just don’t quit.

A friend told me to turn on my music and to sing real loud. I have my music on. I am singing loudly on the inside. Singing is bringing up my joy bubbles. Ah, God, where You at?

You SHALL win, beloveds, so long as you don’t quit. Don’t. Not quite yet. Your best IS still to come. It is. Ah, I know. Faith hurts when your dreams just refuse to come to you. I believe in you. God believes in you. Life believes in you. The Universe believes in you.

While we are all toiling, waiting, wondering, wishing, I gather us all and pray for faith, peace, comfort, hope, joy and special blessings whilst we continue to LIVE. Don’t spend your days surviving life. Thrive. Where you are. In the midst of hard. We got this. We truly do.

In case no no one has told you, I love you. So does He. Be well…..

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

It’s simply a matter of time. ⌚

God: Do YOU trust ME?

Me: Absolutely.

God: Will YOU trust MY Timing?

Me: Absolutely.

God: Nuff said?

Me: Nuff said.

God: Simple as that.♥️🎤

Me: Simple as that.🥰

It’s simply a matter of time. ⌚

It’s simply a matter of time AND trust.

It’s simple, beloveds. You either trust, or you don’t/won’t.

Do you?

Will you?

asking for A Friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: There is a time and place for all that happens. Wait. Patiently. Yes, waiting can be hard. It SHALL be worth it.

All this waiting is forcing me to rely on things other than my bank account and effort. A scary place to be. I have to trust The Universe shall show up for me as I continue to move forward, to do what’s right, to uplift my fellow men and women.

THEN, I can live with whatever does or does not happen.

As I have been waiting on my dream, I have been helping out others by supporting their channels, being a moderator to keep trolls away during folk live streams, sending super chats, liking videos, subscribing to things and being the kind of supporter I would appreciate, if I had a channel.

I’m also trying to keep fam and friends uplifted more. These are tough times. I want to run away and hide. I want to use my hard as an excuse not to extend my overextended heart to others. I can’t. Life is just too short.

Be encouraged. Have hope. Choose to trust. Anyone can choose apathy and despair.

Enjoy your Saturday. I am praying for us all. In case no one has told you today: I love you and so does He.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!