Got Hope??

- January 13, 2022

Is The Bible Still Relevant Now? #ITBSRN 🙏🏼😄❤️

I didn't always know Jesus. I was over 30 years old and completely lost. It was 2009. I had just ended a 6 year relationship, and a few months later, I lost my job.

My 15 year career as an Executive in Entertainment, what I thought was my identity, was completely gone in what seemed like the blink of an eye. I still had a glimmer of hope that it was just a season in my life that I had to go through. I had survived another long term relationship break up in my 20's and knew I would get through this major life change.

I didn't know the words that God wrote to us in the bible, but I did have a good moral upbringing. Although my parents were not Christian, I had strong family values that my grandparents taught me.

At the time, I was angry. Angry at my ex. Angry that my career was over. Angry that I barely knew my family and they barely knew me. Angry that I had spent so much time focused on my career that I didn't make time for them. Angry that I went against my foundational values in so many ways. LOST.

I had a glimmer hope that I would find my way... but nothing can compare to the hope I found in the Word of God. In some situations, there were people and things that were guiding me to His word, but I didn't know it was the Word.

Shortly after, I found a new job in the industry (this time digital, social media) but I still felt I was being led to start something on my own. Again. LOST... but still being LED.

The story of how I started #LOV3RZ Community is a long one, for another day, but even through I didn't know the Lord or His word, I did feel I was being led by God. What He led me to do is jump ship from the industry and never go back (I have worked full time for Him since 2012 & wasn't even saved until 2015.)

I started working with independent artists in 2012, before anyone knew what indie music was! It was secular music, but always clean with a positive, uplifting message. I had a massive vision that indie would take over the mainstream, and I knew I would never go back to corporate.

It was huge. And I prayed about it. I had not spoken to God since I was a kid, but I felt the need to after the vision.

In 2015, I started working in Gospel music. I was still feeling like I was being led.. and one day the drama of secular music & people just reached its limit... I heard in my spirit "Let them all go!" I jumped into Gospel full time, trusting that I heard from God. I haven't looked back.

2015 was also the year that I accepted a television alter call to invite the Lord Jesus Christ into my heart.

After doing so, I had an overwhelming sense of hope, and was led to start reading the Bible. That's when I realized that many of the scriptures had already been revealed to me in various situations.

I learned through the bible that my hope was, at that time, in things of this world. I learned that my identity was never in a job, friends, where I live or what I have. I learned that I was always and will always be loved by an amazing and awesomely powerful God. I learned that faith can produce miracles! And so so so much more...

Here are some of the scriptures that opened my eyes to a whole new world of hope and joy in knowing Jesus!