Good Morning, my Friends! Happy Testimony Tuesday. I hope you are well and keeping your faith during persecution! Today, I would like to highlight John 15:18-25 as recently so many of our friends are facing persecution. 

The World Hates the Disciples

John 15: 18-25 

¹⁸ “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. ¹⁹ If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. ²⁰ Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’^[b] If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. ²¹ They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me. ²² If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. ²³ Whoever hates me hates my Father as well. ²⁴ If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. ²⁵ But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without reason.’

If you are experiencing hate and persecution, I would say you are in good company. Notice how the world fawns over celebrities that are deeply entrenched in the occult. Yet, when we speak up for the survivors of the system, we are hunted down and slandered to no end. Keep the Faith my brothers and sisters. Indeed the world will hate the truth and anyone who speaks it.

I also want to encourage you that not every "fool" needs a response from you. They are literal energy vampires taking your time and energy away from what matters most... praising the Lord. How can you be in worship if you are in a constant state of worry. God wants us to worship him, and lay our problems down at his feet...vengeance is the Lords, not ours, so say what you have to say and keep it moving :) Romans 12:19 "Friends, do not avenge yourselves; instead, leave room for God’s wrath, because it is written, Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord."

• Proverbs 23:9: "Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the good sense of your words."
• Proverbs 29:9: "If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet."
  
• 2 Timothy 2:23-24: "Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome..." 

I hope this little post invigorates you, and give you the peace and freedom to speak the Truth and let God handle the rest. I love you all! <3 Ally. 

Good morning, my friends! I hope everyone is doing well this fine Testimony Tuesday :)

Today, I would like to highlight a man who has left all his chains behind and is now following God and living his new sober life. John Miles is starting his content journey by speaking about addiction, recovery, and providing hope to other addicts to seek recovery and lay their past behind.

John truly inspires me. Living as an addict on the streets for 10 years, he is now 16 months clean and living life with new eyes. I think it’s quite beautiful that someone who has lived such a hard life now sees the beauty of God in the little things. He counts his blessings and provides a weekly gratitude post so "when we are having a hard time, we can look back on the post to remind us about all the things we are grateful for." John has so much that he can choose to look back on and dwell over, yet he moves forward every day with a new hope and gratitude for life.

A lot of people just look down on others and judges them by their outward appearances. Yet God tells us that he does not look at the outside but looks at our heart. 1 Samuel 16:7 ESV "But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”  John's heart is a servant’s heart, and he wants to help those from the same addictions and feelings of hopelessness. 

Verses that inspire me watching John's journey: 

John 13:34-35 ESV

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Matthew 22:37-39 ESV 

And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Psalm 18:3 ESV

I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.

Psalm 142:5 ESV

I cry to you, O Lord; I say, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

John is at the beginning of his content creator journey and could use some support from our amazing family on here. I will link his Facebook and Venmo below where you can like, follow, and donate to his recovery. We are all in this together, and it would be nice to help and support John, if you can. Thanks for reading this week, my friends. I love you, and pray for you always <3

Hello my friends! What a hot summer we are having down here in Florida!! Are you hot and swampy where you are at too?! I’m hard at work keeping our customers cool nationwide in our AC company I work for. 🥵 I can’t believe it’s been a month since I've last posted. Time is flying by. 

Today I would like to write about some peaceful progress God has made in my life. Remember where I was just a year ago, participating in pain and torment from what I believed my family was putting me through? Who I am today barely even resembles that girl! God is still at work in my life, and I am here to testify how great it is to be loved by him!

Sunday, I had lunch with my mom. Before I got there, I realized my debit card was left at the restaurant the night before, so it put me in a grumpy mood. I can be... how should we say this.. difficult to deal with and I can bring a dark cloud with me wherever I go. My spirit animal is Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh, he still participates, but he is the depressed, gloomy one in the friend group. 

So, in a funk I arrived at lunch with my mom, her husband, and his parents. I hugged my mom and waved to her husband's parents. The Grandpa said, " Oh the evil eye is here." I’m sure he was joking, but a year ago that would have really made me mad. As long as I have been alive, I have always been the odd one out, and to say that before I even sat down made me feel that dissonance once again. So apparently, my rain cloud walked in with me.

I sat down and had my lunch and tried to perk up as much as I could so they would have a nice time. I made a joke and my mom, and I were laughing and it ended up being a really nice time. I hugged EVERYONE and thanked them for the lunch, and we went our separate ways. On the way home I felt the familiar feeling of guilt on why I always seem to be the one who brings the gloom, when Jesus has instilled such a radiant light inside of me.

At home, I could feel my triggers, I wanted to grab a cigarette or a drink and chill out, but I didn’t let the urges win. I am really proud of myself for being 18 months sober, and I am really enjoying who I have become. I even shared the photos on Facebook and wrote "thank you for inviting me into your life, Mom" ...Who am I??? The old me would have been salty for a little while longer.

I think this really illustrates God providing a peace beyond understanding. Instead of letting my flesh win, or my desires take over, I chose to be peaceful and thankful in my circumstance. I shared this with my best friend who has seen me utterly crippled by fear and anxiety before seeing my family, to now thanking my Mom for sharing her life with me. She had tears of pride in her eyes on how far I have come. 

The answer has been and will always be Jesus. Jesus set me free, Jesus breaks every chain, and Jesus loves my little Eeyore rain cloud. He understands me in ways my family never will, and I am so thankful he is bringing the peaceful era into my life. I have fought so hard for so long, to just be still in him is a true gift I will cherish forever.

The devil will always be chasing me, but the Holy Ghost runs faster ;). Remember to be kind to yourself. Its hard down here for each of us in different ways. Thankfully we have each other to hold onto when things get rough. I love you all!!!