A's Happiness Blogs

               As we are a few days into the New Year 2024, I know everyone is excited to be in a new year so they have their many goals that may or may not get accomplished this year.    But want to encourage you this year to remember that even though it is a New Year, God is still the same God as he was last year, and the year before that, and so on.   See now a days, people want to use the excuse that “God is doing something different this year’’ Or “we got to meet the people where they are at”.    What does that even mean, “meet the people where they at”?  That statement never made any since to me.   But, if we are meeting the people where they are at is contradictory to what God said in his word, no thank you.   To me, it is just an excuse to not do the will of God and use the house of God to become popular.   God want us to bring people to him, but the right way. Usin...

It is time for us to stop talking about what we are going to do for God, and just do it! For over a year, God has been dealing with me on several things that he has placed in my life to do. And for over a year, I would start it, then I would stop it, then I would start it again, then I would stop it..again. This has become a cycle of stopping and starting things that God has placed in my life to do. But why am I stuck in this continuous cycle you may ask. Well it is simple. See, For the longest time, I have let things come in the way of me doing what God has placed in my  life to do.  See, I was letting fear control me. I was afraid to take a step of faith because I was unsure of the outcome. I was not putting my trust in God. 2 Corinthians 5:7 “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” What does that mean? It is simple. That means that we do what God told us to do, not knowing the outcome, not knowing what way God is going to take us, we just operate in faith knowing that God is g...

Joshua 1:9 “Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.” As I sit to write this blog, I find it interesting how even while I am writing this blog to encourage someone else, I find myself being encouraged.  See, sometimes as a Christian, I find myself feeling down. I felt like I cannot go on. I would even say I felt depressed. I felt like what I am doing is going nowhere.  Sure, when people see me, I have a smile on my face. I go around happy and joking, but what you see on the outside, doesn't match what I was feeling on the inside.  I will even go as far as say that I feeling alone sometimes. I read my Bible and I pray, I even have people in my life that I can talk to. But I still felt that sense of loneliness.   It even seems like I am not worthy to do the things that God has placed in my hand to do. I feel like I am not qualified.  Isaiah...

Standing Up for Yourself!  So in my last blog, I talked about having a boldness for God. That is so important when it comes to us being chirstians. We need to be able to stand boldly for God when things are not right.  But one thing that I realized, the hard way, was how hard it is to have boldness when it comes to oneself. Now I am not saying that this is every Christian man or woman, but I have noticed that sometimes it is hard for others to stand up for themselves. I have struggled with that for years. I know in the past when I stood up for myself,  I would get so mad and angry and I was not acting Godly at all. I would curse and just act like I was just  a crazy person.   This happened when I was pregnant with my oldest son Donovan. I had a boss who was very nasty and very ugly. One day I did not have a ride to work because my husband was stuck at work and could not get off, ( he sold cars at the time). Well I called up to my job to let them know what w...

One of the hardest things that I have had to face since I started this journey to have a better relationship with God, is my boldness when it comes to people.  Now you may be wondering, what does people have to do with your journey to have a better relationship with God? I am so glad you asked. See, I have always wanted the approval of people in my life to validate that I was doing something right. I wanted people to tell me how good of a job I was doing, but I realized I was going about it all the wrong way.  I coward down alot, because I wanted that approval from others. I would never stood up for what I knew God was telling me to do. I always just took what others said, and just shyness would always set in.  What I found out was that people were not the answer to what I was trying to do for God. I did not need their approval. I found out the hard way, that I was not going to get the approval of man, because they do not understand what God is doing in my life.  But...

Having Peace in your Life Going through this life, we find ourselves having good days and bad days. It seems like sometimes we find ourselves having more bad days than good.   It can be frustrating because it seems like noting seem to be going the way it should be going. We find ourselves stressed out because nothing seems to be going out way. We try everything we can to try to be happy, but it never seems to work out in our favor.    But the beauty of being a child of God, is the peace that he gives us to be able to bear anything that the enemy seems to throw our way.    Philippians 4:7- “And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and mind through Christ Jesus.” (KJV)   I love this verse.  This verse means so much to me. When you think about the peace of God! How wonderful it feels to have that kind of peace.  See, when you have the peace of God which passeth all understanding, you find yourself thinking on...

    One thing that frighten me the most when I started blogging and doing social media was the way I came across to other people. I am already a shy person, so when I decided to start sharing a piece of myself a few years back I was scared.   I saw how people would respond to others on their social media platform. Some people were loving, and kind while others were judgmental and negative.    But the one thing that I learned from doing this for so long, was I needed to be myself. It was one thing for me to try to be what others wanted me to be, but I had to learn that I was not being trueful to myself.    See, when I make the choice to share my life, I was trying to be like others that I saw on the internet. And to be honest, I mimic some of the things that I saw others do thinking that I would get the same response that they were receiving from others. I quickly learned that that was not the approach that I needed to take.    Then I had to t...

What does TRUST in God truly mean?                                               As I sat down to write this blog, I found myself at a lost for words. I did not know what to write about, I did not have a topic. I was just lost.   But as I was sitting here, praying asking God to help me, it came to me.       “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.” (Proverbs 3:5)   Trust.  That is the first word in Proverbs 3:5, but what does it truly mean to  trust   something or even someone?    When I look up the word trust on google it says it’s “a firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.”  A FIRM BELIEF!!!   Wow! I had to think on that first part of the definition for a minute.  When something is firm, it means it is solid, un...