Hello, my lovelies, Today I am sad. My life is changing rapidly, and it looks like the road I walk on will be lonely for a while. But it will be ok. The one thing about me, is my faith is unbreakable. I do not ask God "why me?" I ask him "what now?"

Psalm 34:18 

¹⁸ The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
    and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

I ended my relationship of 10 years with my partner, the love is there, it’s just not enough for us anymore. The challenges of raising 2 teenage boys are exceptionally hard when my boys are headstrong, rebellious little creatures. It’s not for everyone, but it is for me.

Raising my children, I never wanted to beat the spirit out of them, I want them to be who they are, I just want them to know Christ. I was also headstrong, rebellious and a little dangerous growing up. I always wished my parents could "see me" and not the rage. They didn’t know how to love me through my storms, and that’s one thing I try to do for my boys. Let them rage, let them calm, and then walk through it with them through the storms.

It’s a lot to ask from a partner, to be patient, to be kind when they are being rotten. So, I ask no more, and I go alone.

Send some prayers my way, it won’t be easy, but God goes before me and makes my path straight. 

Isaiah 45:2-3

² I will go before you
    and will level the mountains
I will break down gates of bronze
    and cut through bars of iron.
³ I will give you hidden treasures,
    riches stored in secret places,
so that you may know that I am the Lord,
    the God of Israel, who summons you by name.

Proverbs 3:5-6 

⁵ Trust in the Lord with all your heart
    and lean not on your own understanding.
⁶ in all your ways submit to him,
    and he will make your paths straight.

Thanks for always reading and coming along with me on my Testimony Journey <3 

Happy Thursday TT family, sorry I missed Tuesday... but I think Thursday still works for our TT posts :)

Last Sunday was the first time I have went to a Sunday Church service in a very long time. You know I march to the beat of my own drum, so I always feel like I don’t need the church, the church is inside of me. Recently, while gassing up some baby Christians on social media platforms, hearing them speak of church made the Holy Spirit nudge me. Church is a hospital for the sick in spirit, but it is also the place where God's words can change us and teach us how to keep pressing forward in the midst of spiritual battles.

The service was perfect, I sang contemporary worship songs that I already listen to on the radio, I clapped my hands and the spirit moved me to tears when the music slowed down. How lucky am I to be living in America where we can worship God freely and not in Nigeria where Christians are being slaughtered daily. What a good God he is indeed that I live here, in the land of the "free"

This week's sermon was on how to stop being offended so easily, and if you aren’t offended... maybe you are the offender. This sermon was light, funny, and right on point. It reminded me that when I started accepting my mother for who she is instead of staying rooted in the ways she offended me, things got easier for me.

I came home and told the people around me quips of road rage and the story of how James and John were ready to "blow the place up" when the people offended Jesus. It was a really great message, and I hope you enjoy this sermon! God bless you this week :) Love, Ally. 

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.