March 16 marked my 43rd birthday! So blessed to see this milestone, and it was one for me!
It’s not Grateful Friday here on New Day, but I want to share 43 things for which I’m thankful, that have brought me from there to here, and that have made the journey worth it:
42
Family
March 15 – the day my Tony and I were married
Ratchford Road
School days
Friends
All the days that taught me hard life lessons
The realization of God’s presence in my life
Work
Turning 30, because it marked the point when I truly began to focus on being me
The pages in my journals
Church
The Golden Girls
Summer Fridays
IHOP
The privilege to vote for the nation’s first black president – #BOPOTUS
Sunsets
Sweet potato pie
iNation
Tar Heel Nation
Christmas
Sisters in Christ who’ve blessed my spirit in so many ways
PRAISE!Magazine, which I founded and published from 1996-2003
Simplicity
Peace
Help
Max Lucado books
Mornings
The touch of my grandmother’s hand as she was transitioning to Heaven
What was
What is
What is to come
The Word of God.
The Son of God.
The Spirit of God.
The Love of God.
Larry and Brenda who birthed me physically.
God the Founder, the Father, who birthed me spiritually, who called me to be His.
M E L C H E E 