A's Happiness Blogs

Back in May of this year, me and my husband took a trip for our 14-year wedding anniversary. We went to Virginia Beach like we do every year for our anniversary.    I remember this trip, because it was at a time in my life where I did not know how I was going to make it. It was hard for me because I felt lost.   This was a chapter in my life where my faith was not strong. I had so much going on and I did not know if I was coming or going. I was just getting over Covid 19 and my relationship with my husband was not the best.    But I knew I was beginning a journey that I have never been on with God, and it was scary. He was telling me what he wanted me to do, and I questioned him every step of the way.    Sure, I was telling everybody through my inspirational videos to have faith and let God show them what to do, but my life was a mess, and I could not give myself whole heartly to God.   One of the things I question the most was why me? Why would y...

Get Connected to God.    As I sit here finishing up my bible study for the night, I cannot help but to reflect on myself.    A few years ago, I would not even pick up my Bible to study it. That is just something that I did not use to do. I called myself a Christian, but you could not tell by the life that I was living.    See, I went to church on a regular basis. I always have ever since I was a little girl. My parents took me, my brother and two sisters to church every Sunday. We did not miss a Sunday. My father was the pastor of the church, so he made sure we were always there when the doors were open. Yes I am a P.K (preachers kid)   So, I knew how to walk, talk, and act like a Christian.    I wanted everybody to look at me and say that they knew I was a Christian, just by the way I carried myself, but I was not doing what I needed to do to show God living in me.    It wasn’t until I went to college my freshmen year, that I wante...

  Know your Worth     As a little girl growing up in North Carolina, I have always had a thought of who I am and who I wanted to be when I grew up.   I knew I wanted to be in the nursing field, and I knew I wanted to go into the military. That was my dream to wear an Air Force or Navy uniform. I knew I would look good in one of those.   But as I got older, I found myself letting others dictate to me how I was going to live my life and who I was going to become. It took me a long time to realize that I needed to change the way I saw myself.      For a long time, I did not know my worth.      The meaning of Knowing Your Worth.  You may be asking yourself,    “What does know my worth means?”     Well, I am glad you ask.    Knowing your worth simply means how you value yourself, or how you see yourself NO MATTER how others may value you.    Often, we let people have a say so in who we are and...

“ I want to do this…. But I don’t know!!! I want to do that…. But I don’t know!”   This has been me for the past few weeks. I have been going back and forth on things that I know in my heart that I need to be doing, but I find myself second guessing myself.   It almost seems that I do not have the faith in God that I say that I have.   Questioning my Life   It’s like I am questioning everything thing that he has been telling me to do in my life. Weather it because I am scared to do it, or it is just the fact that I do not think I know how to do it, I find myself in the same boat repeatedly.     It seems like every time I take two steps forward, I find myself taking five steps back. It’s like I am being repetitive. But I am learning with every passing day, that I am looking in the wrong place for the answers that I need out of life.   You may feel like I am being too honest with this blog, but I just want to help others and show ...

                                                                      Purpose for Your Life This is the second time I have written this blog. The first time, I sat down, typed out my though and I thought I was finished with it.  It took me over a week to write and I felt like I was at a standstill, because I kept changing it. Just as soon as I thought I was done with it and was ready to post it, I lost it because I did not know what I was doing with my new computer. I got discouraged and upset and I wanted to give up. But I knew I wanted to get this blog written and I refuse to let anything stop me.  It has been a while since I posted a blog. About two months to be exact. I have been trying to sit at my computer and figure out just what it is that I want to post. Not just want to post but...

 Gaining Strength         I have gone through a lot of things in my life. Some things are good, and I am happy to share, but some things are embarrassing, and I wish I never put myself in that situation. This week, I was face with scary health issues that I was not expecting to deal with. This week, I found out that I had covid-19. When I found out I had it, I did not know what to do, but I am learning that God puts us in certain situations to show us his mighty strength and to let us know he is who we need to lean on. Dealing with having covid- 19 was one of the hardest things that I have done. So, I found out by chance last week that I had covid. I went to work last Tuesday feeling ok, I just had some issues with my breathing. I already have asthma, so I thought I just needed a simple breathing treatment and I would feel so much better. So, after work, I went to the emergency room at the hospital. I was getting upset because I felt like it took me forev...

This is my first blog of the new year and a lot of things is on my heart and in my mind to blog about, but where do I begin in the year 2021. As I sit here, trying to figure out what I want to write for my blog a lot of things come to mind. Should I talk about my day? Should I give them a story time? Or should I start out with how the first few days of 2021 has been hard for me? What is it that I need to blog about that would make it interesting for my readers to read about? But then I realized the reason I started this blog in the first place. I want to be a blessing to others. For the longest time I know that there was a calling on my life. I ran from it for so long because I did not understand what it was that I was actually called to do. But then God showed me what He had for me to do. He wanted me to be an inspiration to others. I always wanted to be one of the people that God uses to help the children of God.   I want to encourage people who may not have someone in their li...