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Early morning on Wednesday, May 16 th I realized I was 5 days late. I rushed into the bathroom and took a pregnancy test. In less then 2 minutes, my heart started beating faster, joy over came my heart and my eyes got big. I WAS PREGNANT. At first I couldn’t believe it. I sat there for about 5 minutes, realizing I need to tell my husband. Then I remembered he is getting ready to go out of town for a couple of days in the next 45 minutes. I prayed “Lord give me wisdom”. In that moment I decided to wait for a better timing to share this wonderful blessing. This was very hard for me, because I’m usually impatient. God’s grace helped me to remain calm. As I dropped of Todd at the airport, I didn’t want him to leave, but comfort came as I was reminded, it is only for 2 days. All kinds of thoughts were racing in my mind and I began the beautiful journey to embrace the pregnancy. I looked up all kinds of articles, watched a documentary, and looked up midwives and so on. I kept mysel

I honestly believe there is a lack of pursuit of holiness in this generation. The world is definitely far from holy, and it has crept it's way in the church. Unfortunately some are being conformed by the world, rather then allowing the Holy Spirit to transform them. Evaluate your conversations in fellowships. How often does the word holy or holiness come up? It can be easy to get caught up with what's in right now, how far can I go in relationships, what can I wear that still makes me hot as a Christian? Some like to listen to secular music, because they have good beats, even though they don't glorify God.  Some love watching romance flicks, while they blatantly magnify immortality. The list can be endless of distractions. God has called us to live holy lives, not impure lives (1 Thessalonians 4:7 NLT). I have such a desire to fully understand God's holiness and what His expectation is of me as a Christian. I don't want to find myself caught up in things, that br

To learn, you must love discipline; it is stupid to hate correction. (Proverbs 12:1 NLT) You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry . (James 1:19) Again humility comes to my mind. You cannot be prideful and correct in love, or receive a loving correction with pride. I personally prefer it, when someone shoots it straight to me. If my attitude is off and my actions are poor, I appreciate to be corrected in love. Now don’t get me wrong, there have been times when my pride got in the way, or it was a tough humbling pill to swallow. But in all situations I have grown and learned something. It is very important to discern the differences between a loving rebuke and a harsh judgment. You cannot rebuke anyone out of frustration or annoyance. The right way to rebuke someone is in love. An open rebuke is better than hidden love!   Proverbs 27:5 It is very important to ask God for wisdom. You have to be filled with the Holy Spirit to know th

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8 TNIV I love Jesus for who He is and for all He has done for me. He covered my multitude of sins and saved me. No matter what I have done or been exposed to, God forgave me and restored my heart. I wish someone had told me, about the love of God, when I was a child. I learned religion in school, but by no means have they portrait our Father in heaven for who He truly is and what He has done for us. God is love and if you don’t know God you can’t love, for God is the essence of love. If you truly love God, you will imitate His character. To cover someone in love means to protect them and don't expose their weaknesses or flaws. The more we grow in Christ, the more compassion we will have for all people. We will be quick to forgive and quick to help others in need. I love the story Pastor Cymbala shared with us one day, about a man who wanted to jump of a building. Pasto

The mentality is, you think you know it all, when at the end you know nothing. Ouch! The word that keeps coming to my mind is HUMILITY!   When you humble yourselves as the scriptures say: Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Philippians 2:3 Phew, God is pretty clear and direct with us. Many justify their inappropriate behavior, by saying; “I’m just keeping it real”. It basically means, having no filter and think you have the right to just say what ever is on your mind. I have fallen short of this many times and I’m grateful that by God’s grace he is working constantly on my heart.   One of the main lessons I have personally learned is to do everything in love. Another thing that is very dangerous, when people gossip during prayer. That just smells like “when keeping it real goes wrong.” God is all about unity amongst the body of Christ. Any gossip, even in prayer destroys unity. Please do us a favor an

32 Years ago on, January 27th 1980, God placed me on this earth to my lovely parents Andre B. Forman and H. Marina Lochner. I was born and raised in Germany with my handsome brother Andre B. jr. In 1997 I was blessed to also unite with my other brother Daniel Witherspoon.  I love Germany and miss it on occasion. I have many great and also very sad memories growing up, but all of them shaped me who I am today.  I grew up in an unstable home. Early on in my life, my parents got divorced and our family was split. Everything changes and things were getting worse. Drugs and alcohol run in our family, that kept the disconnect growing. At age 17, tragedy overcame my brother and me. We lost our dear beloved mother; because of the damage alcohol did inside of her body. My whole world was put on hold the second I found out.  I felt so hurt, but realized that I had to stay strong and take care of my brother. From that day on my life has changed. From a teenager, I became a mother

I started of the year by studying Proverbs 31:10-31. What a tremendous blessing and true example of a great wife, a wonderful mother and passionate women of God. I have learned many valuable lessons and received great reminders, which I can’t wait to apply. Proverbs 31:10-31 10 Who can find a virtuous and capable wife? She is more precious than rubies. 11 Her husband can trust her, and she will greatly enrich his life. 12 She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life. 13 She finds wool and flax and busily spins it. 14 She is like a merchant’s ship, bringing her food from afar. 15 She gets up before dawn to prepare breakfast for her household and plan the day’s work for her servant girls. 16 She goes to inspect a field and buys it; with her earnings she plants a vineyard. 17 She is energetic and strong, a hard worker. 18 She makes sure her dealings are profitable; her lamp burns late into the night.   19 Her hands are busy spinning thread, her

Proverbs 8 Wisdom Calls for a Hearing   1 Listen as Wisdom calls out!       Hear as understanding raises her voice!   2 On the hilltop along the road,       she takes her stand at the crossroads.   3 By the gates at the entrance to the town,       on the road leading in, she cries aloud, Prov. 8:1-3 Wisdom is portrayed as a women who guides us   4 “I call to you, to all of you!       I raise my voice to all people.   5 You simple people, use good judgment.       You foolish people, show some understanding.   6 Listen to me! For I have important things to tell you.       Everything I say is right,   7 for I speak the truth       and detest every kind of deception.   8 My advice is wholesome.       There is nothing devious or crooked in it.   9 My words are plain to anyone with understanding,       clear to those with knowledge.   10 Choose my instruction rather than silver,       and knowledge rather than pure gold.   11 For wisdo