I Corinthians 9:24-27

“ Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

 

 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.”

This blog was untitled.  I didn’t have a name for it until I got to the last sentence, because I really didn’t have much to say. Sometimes I just look back to go forward. I just wanted to share a picture of me when I was going through a Red Sea experience. This was a tremendously tough time in my life, but notice… there was no evidence I was ‘majorly’ going through.  I had just moved from Syracuse. NY to Gaithersburg, Maryland. I also had just come back from South Africa the year, prior. I needed ‘new definition’.

I decided during this time of transition to do something quite RADICAL.  That was to switch my hairstyle from perms to natural. Though risky, it began a wave of  ”radical feats with me”,  because it was a “tremendously freeing” moment  for me.  I am so, so grateful for the experience. I have  decided from that moment in time, doing something so radical helped me to embrace the moment. In essence, I CHANGED WITH THE MOMENT. My hair is a daily and constant reminder of  my moment of freedom. I am glad it’s with me. It reminds me of my faith.

 Sometimes we don’t really notice when when we are embracing a moment. I was VERY aware – at all times whether I was resistant, or if I was just bearing up and under to “just endure.”

 Take some time…Embrace the Moment. No matter how painful, hard or enduring…It might just do you some good!