Open Letter To You
Hey! I can’t believe it’s been this long already. Normally when friends talk to me about losing someone, I typically tell them, from experience, that it takes me a full year (day by day) to accept the fact that that person is not coming back. Well…you have made me a liar because a part of me still wants to believe that your death is some cruel joke of yours or some unusually twisted technique to teach me a lesson. I remember walking up to your casket with Dimples, Bridg’s sister looking at you and thinking to myself this can’t be real. I was waiting for an...
Read MoreI Believe.
Good evening. Only God would be there when my father died at a time when he was all I had. Only God would be there to wait 18 years for me to get to know Him all the while looking out for me. Only God would be there when I did stupid things that should have cost me my life. Only God would be there when a 6 month old made it clear that he was in my life for good. Only God would be there when I had to choose between money for food and money for gas. Only God would be there when I realized that I had purpose even though I didn’t know what it was. Only God would be there during my 150...
Read MoreVersus
Good evening. Compassion is defined as: “A deep awareness of and sympathy for another’s suffering; the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it.” Key words being “awareness; wanting to do something about it.” That translates to “relating to with the desire to help.” Nowhere does the definition say anything about “relieving” the suffering. We can help, but ultimately, God relieves! Help vs. Relief. Speaking from experience, it’s easy to get those mixed up. I’m convinced that...
Read MoreDetached
Good evening. Pastor Terri Barnes said today that we can be physically present in a place, relationship, etc but still be detached. I personally think she could have ended her sermon right there. Let me be transparent for a minute. ‘Detached’ is where I have been living lately. Some good, some bad. I’ll start with the bad cause I’m pretty sure that, by nature, that’s what most people want to hear. And for those in my same boat, maybe this is what they need to hear. Have you ever been hurt so badly that though you forgave all wrong, you still put yourself in a...
Read MoreIt Really Is Simple
“Love is simple; we make it hard. We place demands restrictions and conditions on our loving and on those we love. And when we get hurt, we blame love. Love does not hurt. Falling into the traps we set for love make us hurt ourselves. Love just is. Its not a tool or weapon. Love is simple.” – I. Vanzant
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