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A New Perspective

Greetings everyone! This is my very first blog EVER and I'm excited to embark on this journey. Lately, I've been writing inside of my prayer journal opposed to what I used to do (typing on my phone) and realized that I have a passion for writing, especially for Christ! So I pray that as I tap into this gift, everyone who reads my blogs will get to know who I am and will also notice how faithful and awesome our God is!

Considering that this is my first blog, I wanted to make this very introductory and transparent. God has delivered me from so much and it would only be RIGHT to share my testimonies to bring honor to His name! From Pieces to a Masterpiece was a phrase that I've been holding on to for a couple of weeks now! As I reflect back over my life, I couldn't help but to notice how far God has brought me compared to where I've been.

Growing up as a child, one would say that I've had the most perfect life! I grew up with both of my parents inside of the household and was blessed beyond measure! My parents always made sure that I had everything that I wanted and more because they wanted me to have a better life than they had. My parents also encouraged me to know and love God and to strive for excellence in school. I never understood why I couldn't bring anything less than an A home or why my dad prayed with me faithfully EVERY single night but I surely do now. Everything that they have instilled in me while growing up are those that I value and appreciate now. "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."- Proverbs 22:6 (KJV).

Even with all of the blessings that I've had, I still wasn't content with who I was. Physically, I was skinny with glasses, eventually got braces, didn't really have any style and was never acknowledged by males. The girls who received attention didn't look anything like I did! My family always told me that I was pretty but I never believed it. To me, I felt as if they were obligated to think that I was pretty. Whenever a guy looked at me, even for 5 seconds, I couldn't handle it. I would walk with my head down just to avoid conversation or even the chance for them to look me in my face. My confidence was completely low and education was all I thought that I had going for myself. But there have been times where I wanted to dumb myself down just to not be called a "geek" or "nerd". I wanted to fit in SO bad with the "in-crowd" but for some reason, I always stood out.

I received salvation back in 2011 and my life hasn't been the same ever since. Receiving salvation and truly seeking God has been the BEST decision of my life. I decided to stop running from God and fully surrendered everything over to my Savior. However, it wasn't until I went to college in 2013, where I started to actually tap into my spirituality. I joined Pinky Promise Orangeburg, which is a branch of the organization, Pinky Promise started by Heather Lindsey. I was surrounded by young women who had the same desires as I did. The desires were to grow and fellowship together while aiming to better our relationships with God. Even though we were on different "levels" spiritually, we never judged each other's walks. We simply encouraged and motivated everyone in the organization to seek God and He will meet us where we are. During this time, I started to read the bible more often, attended church regularly and even did a fast for my first time. A scripture that I held fast to was Psalm 139:14 (KJV) - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well." It was then that I realized my worth and beauty was defined by my Heavenly Father. I didn't have to seek validation from social media or guys anymore because God's word is stronger. I started to love how and who I was. I even started to embrace all of my flaws and imperfections that I thought made me worthless. It was also then that I realized that my true beauty was defined by my heart and how I treated people. Anyone can be beautiful with a nice figure, have long hair or what have you but behind all of that, how you interact with people daily speaks louder than anything. It was then that I realized that I didn't have to fit in because true friends love who you are and having worldly/material things wouldn't impress them.

I am a work in progress but I trust that God is working. Slow progress is STILL progress and I'm loving the transition! This is how I went from pieces to a masterpiece!

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