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Spiritual Sunday | No Worries

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I was 21 years old when I became pregnant with my first prince. A younger me would look back and say that was one the most difficult times of my young life so far. But a wiser more mature me will say that rough, though it was, it was still one of my greatest triumphs. I was 21. Unwed. Barely halfway through college. Still dependent on my parents. Faced with the uncertain future of single motherhood. I had become the statistic that I fought (not hard enough) against becoming. Tough, Hard, Difficult are all words to describe a time where I honestly didn’t know if I would make it. But I did. What got me through, besides my parents and my unborn son, was MY GOD. During those days of wondering, worrying, anxiously awaiting this new chapter of my life, a scripture from the Book of Matthew was my salvation. Don’t worry about your life…It was everything I needed to flourish during my storm.

Matthew 6:25-34

“Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather in barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

“So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like on of these. Now if God so clothes the grass of field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

” Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all theses things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all theses things shall be added to you.

“Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Peace, Love, & Blessings

Tyshia Shante
Founder & Editor of This Brown Queen

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What is Faith?

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Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. ~ Hebrews 11:1

Recently, I’ve been going through a period in life where things are REALLY uncertain. Now, I know if I’m being true to myself…EVERYTHING in life is uncertain. Nothing is guaranteed. But there is a certain unsettling feeling of uncertainty that comes over you when things shift  in your life. Especially when they shift unexpectedly, dramatically, and abruptly. With things happening in my life like career changes for my husband, the new business I am trying to start for myself, and finding my way in the blogging world…I’ve been experiencing an unsettling feeling. A shakey feeling. A feeling of instability.  And I don’t like it.

I look at my business plans and think, can I really be successful? I look at my husband and I have no idea where his career will turn from here. I blog, I love it, but I don’t really know what I’m doing!

Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?” ~ Matthew 14:31

Those feelings that I have are doubt. Doubting whether I have what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. Doubting whether I’m doing the “right thing” when it comes to blogging. Doubting whether the direction my husband decides to take in his career will make him happy. It’s all DOUBT. And doubt is poisonous. Because once those doubtful thoughts enter your mind, it’s hard to shake them!

We live by faith, not by sight. ~ 2 Corinthians 5:7

My husband is a faithful man. When troubling times come and I feel like the walls are crumbling in, he’s as calm as if everything we’re experiencing is perfectly normal. Like everything is happening just as it should. Living by the phrase “God has me”.  I thank God for him everyday. He helps me to break out of that doubtful thinking. A glass half full kinda guy. The end of one thing is just the beginning of an even greater next thing! God has me. In my career, my family,  my life. HE has me.

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. ~ Proverbs 3:5

I’ve been trying to change my thinking. Instead of IF, I’m saying WHEN. Because I KNOW there is something greater ahead for me. Us. Faith is not just saying those things. It’s a truly, 100%, undeniable, unwavering, belief that I WILL MAKE IT. Period.

And He said to them, “Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it shall move; and nothing shall be impossible to you. ~ Matthew 17.:20

So WHEN I look back on this. You know, WHEN I made it. I’ll simply say…

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. ~ 2 Timothy 4:7

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This Brown Queen