Hi Friends! I decided to just post a little inspirational thread today on X. I'm so pressed for time with these projects at work! I hope you all have a blessed week!!! Love you, Ally.

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Happy New Year Friends! This year has already kicked off with a BANG! Trump is being certified and Trudeau has resigned. I feel a BIG SHIFT coming for 2025, and even if it is a bad one, ... we will still praise the Lord!

Recently, I was with my brother and sister for a quick visit. We never all get along when we are together and it's probably that there are 3 of us...so 2 always gang up on 1 when we are together. I caught my sister running her mouth about my grandma's dog...talking smack about how her kids are glad I'm not their mother and so on and so forth. The good news is the Holy Spirit was activated and I JUST KEPT MY MOUTH SHUT! LOL.

I highlight this interaction as before, I would defend, challenge, and hurt her feelings just to get back at her. But as I walk with the Lord, and grow close to him, I have learned that not every comment deserves a reaction.   (“Those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep themselves from calamity.” – Proverbs 21:23)

I could see her spirit was cloudy and dark and I just sat there quietly, I'm sure my spirit was golden as Jesus was shining through me. My family is not very religious on my mother's side...so they just call me a hypocrite. Call me what you want, but the Lord calls me beloved. (Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 1 John 4:11)

This new year, let us remember we are NEW CREATIONS in Christ! Out with the old and in with the new! Jesus has given me so much life, so much joy and I don't want to waste an ounce of my thoughts or energy on haters this year....even if they are my family. (Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17)

Be blessed this 2025 and NOT STRESSED! Guess what, this world is still going to suck... but our hope is in Christ alone. I am always praying for you all! I Love you :)  

Happy Testimony Tuesday, y'all! Can you believe this is the last post of 2024?! I started this February 2023, and it seems I only made 28 episodes—a little more than 50% of the year—but I think that was a successful start! Thank you for coming along with me on this journey.

Last week, our office was painted, and if you know anything about me, I am nosey and curious about people. We had a family of painters in the office and for the first day or so, we didn't interact. On the 3rd day, the painter stopped by my office and started getting a little emotional. He recently lost pretty much everything the last Hurricane we had. He said he was a Christian and he knows to trust God but it is hard right now.

I confirmed to him that our flesh is weak**, and we just need to give it to God and stay praising him. He agreed and became a little weepy, and I told him "Hold my hand" He looked a little hesitant and I said "Don't worry, I am Jesus' Cheerleader and we are going to pray" We held his hand (my co-worker and I) and I began to pray over him.(**Mathew 26:41 ⁴¹ “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”) 

My boss laughed because I JUST CAN'T HELP MYSELF! All our tears belong to God**, I just want everyone to come to him with their crisis. He is our Healer and goes before us to clear a path***.(**Psalm 56:8 ⁸ You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book.) (***Deuteronomy 31:8 ⁸ Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord will personally go ahead of you. He will be with you; he will neither fail you nor abandon you.”)

The next few days passed and I then came into a conversation with his brother. This brother had a totally different vibe about him. He was a little jaded almost with Christianity. He mentioned he and his brother were raised Presbyterian and he read the Bible so many times he can debate anyone at this point. He likes interacting with Athiests cause they think they know everything but they don't know the written word so he uses scriptures to debate them. This kind of gave me a bad feeling. Instead of glorifying God and testifying how good God is in your life... he just challenges people.

This made me think of Cain and Able. Cain and Able were brothers, raised in the same household, with the same understanding of God. That was almost the same situation with the painters...One brother was weeping and bowing down to Christ, and the other brother was living in his Ego, challenging people, God, and the world around him.

We need to decide which brother we want to be like... Cain or Able. Brothers and Sisters, we are all God's children so let's stop being so combative with each other and be more humble and loving towards each other! This new year I pray that we can all lay our sin at the foot of the cross and just seek Jesus with open hearts. Let's learn more about who he is so we can be like him! Praying for many blessings over you for 2025! Let's bring in the new year with Jesus! Amen!