When Dreams flop

 Yesterday was the very special day I chose as the day I take my children for their very first horse riding lesson. You know how as a parent the things you dreamed of as a child but never fulfilled you do with your own children? Well this was one of those times. I had all these expectations, dreams and hopes which of course flopped because I probably dreamed a little too big (not the first time! 😬) about this moment but I’m honestly still working to sort that. 

The main part is I wanted to go slow. I have done so much personal work and apart of that work ive done on myself is learning to move more slowly through life so that I can take everything in, not get too over-stimulated and enjoy the moment. I guess I’ve almost come so far that when I’m now rushed I get very very irritated 🤷🏼‍♀️ and to be honest most people rush. That’s what the world teaches us to do but God teaches us to slow down. 

Bless the lady that led the adventure but it was not at all what I thought mainly because no expectations were set up. I have created many businesses and the number one thing you must do is to give your clients the run down of what to expect and allow for questions. I guess when these standards of business aren’t done right it really frustrates me. There was no enjoying the time because it all was rushed. We took this 2.5 mile walk and I would have been happy just having my kids move in slowly with brushing their horse, learning to mount a horse, learning to get off a horse and just staying in the pin to walk around slowly. Walking a full near 3 mile trail was just way more then I was ready for. Btw I also almost got ran over by a horse and a horse began to trot with my son on him! As a mother I was on edge and just felt unsafe to be honest. 

The world will rush us but The Lord will keep us nice and steady! Never be rushed into anything your heart feels your just not ready for! 

P.S. The Kids had an amazing time! 🤪🥰😃

The Squall

 Relief Will Come

The pain that you been feeling can’t compare to the joy that is coming. Romans 8:18

90 Days Sober! It’s nice when you finally get to a place of true healing. Once there it’s amazing to just be able to work on the present rather than obsess and relive the past over and over in your mind. There was one point when I asked my husband, “Will I ever feel joy again,” He said, “Yes, you will.” He doesn’t know this but I held onto that hope that he shared with me. 

One day things did lift after years of pain and the mourning process was over. Like a large rock being thrown into a stream the Lord took the burden off my heart! I started to feel joy again and I am thankful I made it through a mighty squall. The squall was a spiritual one and often times unseen by the naked eye. That’s the hard part about bipolar depression. Everything can look just fine on the outside but the battle rages on the inside. 

Something God shared with me the other day was that the last five years we’re not always for others, or even for Him but for me “his child” to be able to heal so that He can use me for a great odyssey that lays ahead in my far future. He said, “You needed to be more resilient and that is what that journey was all about... BUILDING your resilience!” When I heard God speak this to me - I cried. This word came when I was doing an everyday activity of just driving home from the grocery store. When we patiently wait on the Lord He will show up in the most unexpected of ways. 

I share because I want people to know that if you are in a season of great suffering. Please keep holding on because there truly is hope and that grayish/ black Vail will lift. It will lift off of you. The squall will subside and you will find your relief. 

Not sure who this is for but God put it on my heart to lay down some deep words tonight. 

❤️ - Michelle

Stand back up

 So I’ve been dog sitting  and dog walking on the side. When I was living in Chicago near 12 years ago  (OMG time flys) I took a break from my sales career and became a nanny but I also had these weird fantasies 😂 of me being a dog walker and walking dogs down Lake Michigan. Lol! I know it’s kinda bizarre but this thought gifted joy. God did not give me that task 12 years ago but fast forward. 12 years and I’m now called into a season of being a dog walker! 😀😀😀

These doggies have been a blessing to me and have really nearly cured my depression. Animals can do that you know! Gods sweet gifts. Anyway, I have a funny story! I was walking this big boy named Duke this morning, he’s such a good walker! We came to an area where the sprinklers were spraying on the sidewalk. I thought it could be fun for us to run through but I wasn’t prepared for how strong his pull would be! I fell face first into the cement. Got bloody knees and all! I just sat there In pain but laughing, 

God reminded me that in this journey yes we will fall at times! We will scrape our knees. We will even get bloody but then we can stand back up shake it off and keep on walking! It’s okay to laugh because the devils tactics have no weight on us anymore! Thank you Jesus for the reminder! 

Big smiles today! 

💜

Pressing On ....

In life there will be times when we fall. After all the BLM chaos my soul took a major hit this summer! I felt so much pain and sorrow for the entire situation. I lost many friendships with ministry people I loved and adorned and still love and adore!  I was convicted of things people don’t see yet and I had to stay true to that conviction. No easy thing! The pain I felt caused me to start to head in the wrong direction and unfortunately I made some unwise choices. The pain I was feeling was just too much for me to handle. If you follow me you know I am a deeply emotion filled human. My husband has been so patient, forgiving and loving of me as I work to fight off these major spiritual attacks on my soul. 

Today, I am happy to say I think I overcame a great mountain this summer! When we fall the only thing we can do as Followers of Christ is to stand back up and PRESS ON! Tomorrow is the anniversary of me giving my life to Christ 5 years ago! I’m not perfect and God knows I make mistakes but I do know this is the right road and I do know he loves me despite my flaws. Let us press on! 💜

I must press on Philippians 3:12-14

Circling Back

 I’m honestly not even sure where to begin with this post but here I go! Jesus lead the way. Five years ago, almost to the date, I decided in my heart and soul to take on a life changing journey! For me this journey came in the form of being a born again Christian. This came as a shock not only to me but to some around me because you see I was actually born loving Jesus. I was born loving Him and being close to Him but for my journey when I turned 33 I desired a deeper connection with Him! People had always shared with me about being a “Born Again” Christian and I guess a part of me wondered if I was missing something.... 

Here’s where it gets gritty. I decided to dive head first into Christianity! I’m the type of person that believes I cannot speak on something unless I know it or have experienced it fully for myself. I’m also the type of person that when I make a commitment I give my whole self fearlessly to that cause! 

For me I wanted to know all the parts of Christianity! God carried me through the really hard parts. The parts of Christianity where I looked like a fool! The parts of Christianity where I appeared almost legalistic to some and the parts of Christianity where I had to endure lots of heart wrenching loss. The loss is something I would never wish on my worst enemy. The loss is something I hope God can heal more with time! I’m still working on that part with Him! 

I have endured quite the battle and to be honest I now understand what laying ones life down means! Some may look at “my” journey and think it was selfish but I’m telling you it was selfless because I know what this soul endured! God knows too! I honestly do feel that I understand an inkling of what the disciples had the bear through. I say that with a heavy heart and I’m not going to be ashamed to say that either!! I’m not upset that God took me through the trenches because to be honest I learned so much about the woman He made me to be! I also now know God even better! 

So...  Here I am standing naked before you all once again but here is my truth! I endured being called a Pharisee! I endured being called a hypocrite! I endured being called Hitler! I even endured being told I’m going to hell but I also know Gods Grace sustained and sustains me! Gods Grace sustains you! Gods Great Grace sustains us!!! When I began this journey I wanted to work to share the balance of Christianity and as I depart from the journey (not sure what that means yet) I realize I’ve circled right back to where I was five years ago! You see God thought I was beautiful all along! I had to go through the fire in order to understand that for my journey God has loved me the whole darn time! He thought I was beautiful the whole time! The Bible even says this in Psalm 34:10 - “Those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.” 

I do not believe in the legalistic Christian but I do cherish the law set before us to work towards. I do not believe in perfectionism but I do believe in working to better ourselves and be sanctified over time! I do not believe in abusing His GRACE but I do now know His GRACE is there to cover His children that believe in the work He came back to share! I’m not entirely sure where this journey will move next but it was important for me to share this with those who have stood by me and watched my journey of learning to walk with Christ through Social Media! It was a doozy! Thank you for staying! Thank you for trusting me in the process! I’m excited for the future and now know God has thought I was beautiful before this journey, in this journey and yes even after this journey. We will see what God says the next journey is!  💜

A neighbors last day

About a year ago I had a premonition! I could see an ambulance and a red fire truck pull up to my neighbors house. After I had the vision I immediately ran over to my neighbors house to make sure he was okay! I felt very pulled to talk with them and make sure he was okay.

Just a month ago the little boy down the street told us that the fire truck and ambulance came to Richards house that morning! I immediately paused! He even showed me a video he took of the trucks and it was the vision I had seen a year prior.

Richard and his wife are atheist and I have been drawn in a few times to share with them about God. Two days ago his wife called to tell me that Richard had died in the hospital. She went on to say that he died an atheist and won’t be having a funeral.

I’ve been feeling like such a failure to the kingdom of heaven lately and this news did not help the symptoms. I felt like a failed God once again! He had given me a mission and I failed the mission to show Richard the way. Yesterday one of my neighbors came over to my house. She told me that she knew of the work that I was lead to and she reassured me that we never know if Richard spoke to God right before he passed. I immediately started crying! I told her that  I feel I failed him! Then she reminded me that it’s Jesus job to save people not mine. I felt this was a message from God telling me it’s going to be okay!

Richard was a sweet old man! One time he watched my babies when I had an emergency, another time he fixed our fence when I couldn’t get it to lock! He was always looking to help people and he kept a good watch on our house! Richard we will miss you and I pray you got to meet God! I pray you allowed God to love you even if it was in the moment of your very last breath!

When you are not Liked! 👎🏻

I had a  friend of about 8 years write me on instant messenger. In all of the eight years of knowing me and following me on social media never did she once talk to me or even simply like a post. Last week she messaged me to tell me how I’m failing at my platform here! Never once in 8 years did she see anything good I’ve done, I guess 🤷🏼‍♀️, but chose to watch to wait for me to fail (in her mind but not Gods btw). She does not like my conservative beliefs that I boldly share as gracefully as possible. She said that I need a heart check because I’m not acting Christian like. I would have been happy to hear her out had she approached me in a way to learn why I post certain things but that was not the case and since she has no clue what I face daily, I really do not care to hear her opinion and decided to part ways!

I guess why I’m still slightly stirring about this is because I don’t think she understands the challenges of this calling. I looked at her page and never once does she mention about God or politics. Her page is about her son growing up, Which is a wonderful thing to share of course and I use to use Facebook for that reason too but I was called to use it for something else. I guess I don’t understand how she would even know the challenges I face building a platform like this because she has never tried it. She has no idea the challenges and heart ache it has taken me to push through these last 5 years to share an unpopular opinion which I do believe God has given me the endurance to share!

Having a platform on social media where you share your religious and political beliefs for all the world to watch and scrutinize is NO walk in the park but for me it’s a calling that I promised God I would stick to and see through! If for some reason you believe you can do it better than please by all
means give it a GO!

P.S. I will always be here for you when you hit your first road block or feel like a failure! I’ve battled through like 100 road blocks on here and I plan to battle through 10,000 more!!!

💜
- Lea Michelle
         (5 years in fighting the good fight!) ✌🏻

It’s time I open up!

The weeks to follow after a post goes viral!

A few weeks ago around February 3rd I posted this post about the new pop sensation Billie Eilish. To say I received mixed reviews would be inaccurate! The post was clicked on almost 10,000 times before I slowed it down because, to be honest, it was becoming a lot to bare. The post had over 1700 shares, 57 sad faces, 293 likes, 581 loves and are you ready for this near 9,000 laughing faces (Mocking me) mainly because they can’t comment on my page as I only allow friends to do that! Today I did discover my requested messages (that God was probably protecting me from) and saw 100’s of nasty emails. I’ll save you the details but I shared a small piece of the hate mail on my wall earlier.

The night the post went viral I didn’t sleep a wink. I prayed through the night and I sought council! One of the hardest parts about being an online Evangelist is warning of the evils of the world without being called judgmental or throwing stones. Those are the most common things others say! This is my great burden!

If I saw a person telling another person to go down an ally, which I knew at the end got very dark, hard to breath and had vicious dogs waiting to attack. Would I stand and just quietly pray for them or would I warn by yelling at the top of my lungs, “DO NOT GO DOWN THAT ALLY!” I think you know the answer and to add to this I would 100% risk my life going in after them if need be because that is who I am in Christ!

As I prayed on this post God revealed something to me. Our kind and gentle God said , “I see where you may have made a mistake in your warning, but there is still time to edit!” Such sweet GRACE! There were many people who called me names without first having GRACE for me too!

Here’s where I made a mistake! I pointed out a specific person. Billie is just human. She is no better than you or I.  I have people looking through my page on a witch hunt for the sins I make. I’ll assure you, if you dig, you will find them ! I am a sinner, but through Christ I am forgiven, loved,  accepted and redeemed! This is why I chose JESUS! This is why WE need Jesus!!

So how did I fix this post which also aided in slowing it down? After speaking with God and gaining council it’s not right for me to necessarily  point my finger at this young highly influential girl but I can absolutely point my finger at the art form. I have freedom of speech and a right to do so! So I edited the post and focused on the song “lyrics” instead of the “person!” This to me was the compromise. You can see my edited version in thread or on the exact post!

I will pray for this woman but I will also not be muted when I see an artist sharing lyrics that send Anti- God messages! And no she is not the first to get ahead in Hollywood by doing this! We have seen many artist mock The Bible in order to gain more followers and fame! My warning was the dangers in doing this and the dangers of listening to music that has these messages laced within! Always be aware of what you are listening to even if it’s bedazzled in the most lovely of beats!

I hope this clarified some things! I am still in my walk and learning day by day! We all are. Some days are harder than other days but what I do know is that our God is GOOD every single day! If you make a mistake or fall on your face 🤕 He will be there to pick you up!

“Oh give thanks to the Lord for He is GOOD!”Psalm 107:1.

💜

Evangelist Lea Michelle

Oh ’The Hallmark Controversy!’ I have been avoiding you!  I do have a few things to say. Ellen Degeneres says, “Isn’t it near 2020, Please explain!” And Yes Ellen is right on one thing it is near 2020 and in order for people “companies” not to get rocked by the world your gonna need to find your foundation and stick to it even when the earthquake comes. What is your foundation? Figure it out real fast because it’s gonna get impossible to play both sides!

Hallmark apparently has no foundation they first apologize for airing the ad because of critics but than when the other side of the argument got LOUDER they caved and now airing! Why!??? Because it is clear HALLMARK is more concerned about its partners and MONEY rather than your moral codes.

I believe as an, Evangelistic Activist,  I have always tried very very hard to be graceful with this topic. As a Christian woman it is not in my belief system and in laying “my foundation” “not getting rocked” it is not what I want to promote to my children so yes we will in fact be dropping the channel.

And Yes I have gay friends (that I love) that respect my decision to do so!

With this said I had a woman that worked for me when she was 16. She is now 23. She would only come at me on my page when I shared about this topic. God knows I have shared many good topics but she wouldn’t focus on any of the good I did only on this one topic would she come out of the woodwork on my wall. I would work so hard to be graceful In sharing why the Bible and yes “GOD” NOT me does not condone same sex marriage but she would always end up saying things like  I’ve hurt her and I feel sorry for your daughter and pretty much bully me into her belief system (working to rock me). I ended up asking her if we could part ways because it just hurt and it would not stop! I would be graceful but in that situation. I also started to feel jabbed at and almost forced to defend my ground. 😢

Yes Ellen Degeneres even in 2020 people are still allowed to have their own moral compasses, belief systems and share about them if the spirit gives them energy to do so! And Yes Ellen even if Hallmark got wishy washy do to the threats it does not mean everyone is called to cave on this very sensitive and challenging biblical topic!

💜 - Evangelist Lea Michelle Johnson

You are VALUABLE

“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin." 1 John 1:7

What if I were to tell you God has given you an amazing gift. A power! That power is free will! What if I were to tell you you are an important piece to the kingdom. A valued micro chip in a sense. Stay with me here! Each one of us has the ability “free will” to download information into our hearts, into our minds and into our souls! These downloads will either be used to further The Kingdom or won’t be! You are of great value but what are you choosing to download? These decisions that you are making are huge. They will click into the greatest hard drive of all. They will be used to further God’s plans for us and His kingdom.

With ‘Free Will’ you get to decide what to place into your download. Into your ‘chip.’ God is very specific on what he wants you to be drawn to and those fruits of the spirit, The Knowledge is shared in a resource called, The Bible! With ‘Free Will’ there are some that will choose to deny this resource and therefore deny God. You see when you deny the PROPHESY laced into the Old and New Testament that Jesus (Yeshua) came back to fulfill and yes share than you are denying God. This is the greatest sin of all. This is an unforgivable sin called blasphemy! God did not have to come back for us but He did! He came back for all His children because no matter the secrets or lies inside our deceptive hearts - He loves us anyway! 💜

God gave us free will to absorb the good news or reject it!

Yet there is more. With this CHIP (these downloads) we do have the ‘Free Will’ to create without Jesus but  then the “chip” will have no value to the kingdom because of the glitches. They will have viruses. This is why these downloads will be destroyed. With Jesus forgiveness the downloads we do make will be edited before getting to heaven. The chip will be cleansed. He will actually go into our download and edit out all the mistakes and cleanse away all the possible viruses looming.

Here’s the truth - GOD will not go into your work (your download) and help you edit unless you ask Him into your life to help you cleanse away all the glitches! And Yes.....We ALL have glitches!

The Challenge:
Will you let God help you download valuable material for His  kingdom or will you ask Him to keep out of your business? In the end what you absorb here is solely up to you!

- Evangelist Lea Michelle Johnson

Quote

“And then there will be times when God gives you exactly what you asked for, in order to show you what you actually do not want,  so that you can finally see what He knows your heart truly needs.”

                     - Evangelist Lea Michelle

Reference Jeremiah 29:13

I’m up wide awake so I thought I’d share something special. I’ve been in and out of sleep lately. Just been resting my broken foot 😫 and recovering from a terrible cold 🤧. As I woke up around 2 am I felt a deep urgency to pray! It felt almost urgent! I did something I rarely do, because I don’t want to test my Lord but I felt compelled to plead with Him to come closer and reveal Himself! As I looked up on the wall I saw a lighted cross shape reflecting from the window adjacent! To be honest I thought “That’s nice Lord but I was hoping for more.” I was guess I was hoping for an angel to visit or something but I never got any of that and fell back to sleep.

I woke up an hour later with my head filled with HOPE. You see I’ve been praying so hard lately on where God wants me to move with this ministry He gifted unto us for such time as this! Many times I fear I’m disappointing Him. I get overwhelmed and I feel so behind. I’m always my worst critic and I cannot stand feeling rushed, which is my own fault! So I’ve been begging Him to help me clear the clutter, so to speak, so I have a clearer picture of where He is calling me/us to go! I truly felt Him pour a message into me! You better believe I got up and took notes! And this my friends is how the Lord reveals Himself when you seek Him with all your heart!

                                                  -    Evangelist Lea Michelle

An open letter to my Grandma Weaver:

Dear Grandma Weaver,

I asked my sister Jessica recently who lives by you how old you are and she said 90! First of all I want to say Happy Birthday! For some reason my soul said ask and I  knew it was a SPECIAL Birthday to celebrate recently!!!

I just want you to know that I miss you! I wish I had a better relationship with you but for some reason the world always kept us at great distance!....  Which always confused me... I was watching a show recently and the grandma was so close to the grand child. I’ll be honest it made me feel sad because I wish I was close to my 90 year old grandmother who is still walking (driving 😄) and blessing this earth!!

I know you do not fully accept or understand my radical all in Evangelical Life Style but...  just so you know I will always love and miss you! If you want me to come visit I’ll be there but I have felt you want to keep me at a distance! Not sure what is true!? This is my heartbeat and effort to reach you! ❤️

💜
- Although I am constantly advised not to reveal my Christian status....
- Love me or hate me this is WHO I AM!....

                             - Evangelist Lea Michelle

Letters to God - Year 3

Our pet bird died tonight from a broken neck because he flew into a window. The same week I broke my foot! So it’s left me in deep thought tonight. What is God trying to tell me...  I think I need to slow down and spend more time with Him! I’ve been feeling kinda lonely lately as I just have to lay down and rest a lot. I told God I needed Him to show up today. A nice lady from our church brought us dinner. We talked and then she held my hands and prayed over me. I felt the spirit of God  answer my request for the day and it created tears of joy which swelled out of my eyeballs. There has been people in my past which may say Michelle likes the attention, well guess what I’ll admit to it. Yes, I feel most loved by God when others show love, kindness and care for me when I’m not at my bes! I see and feel God through people so you bet I I love when He is attentive to answering my prayers. He always shines through for me!

Thank you Jesus for being attentive to my needs today! Tomorrow’s a new day and I’m never giving up on trusting you even through these unforeseen gloomy clouds!

💛

Lea Michelle

And I’m back 😀😀😀

Year 3 - Day 1 

• Slow to anger - 

Slow to anger James 1:19

I’ve been having some strange days. Almost to a point I just know I’m called to start writing again. Writing helps me process these things and in the process I know can help others. Ive seen it! 

I went to the mall today. There were two pedestrian walks close together. The first one I stopped at and the second one had no sign so I paused at it. In my pausing / gliding 😇  there was a couple crossing. The woman looked upon my dark blue Dodge Durango as if it was an intruder. She proceeded to angrily come toward my car throw her middle finger up straight at me. I felt a little shocked because well it all happened so suddenly and I never ever want to hurt anyone! That’s the truth!! 

I rolled down the passenger side window and gave her a look like what was that about? She proceeded to come toward my car throwing her middle finger up at me again. The Holy Spirit kept me slow to anger but I absolutely had a desire to resolve this crazy hot mess! I pulled the car over in the intersection, yup! opened the door and got out. As I walked around the car I tried to calm her. I tried to say listen it’s all okay. I tried to well be like Jesus like we are told to do! Calm, collected and trying to resolve the issue but she didn’t see it that way. She screamed, “Security!”  I was just so shocked by the whole thing I got back into my car to get out of the intersection. But God made me bold and courageous and I went back! 😃The lady said, “There she is!!!” I explained my case and ended up making friends with the security guard. Even got her number just in case I’m wrongfully accused! Later in the day I looked into a mirror and remembered my daughter had put this crown on my head at the dentist before heading to the mall! So when I approached the lady in my  kid tiara she was frightened! The security cop said she was scared of me when I swear all I was trying to do was calm her down and tell her Jesus loves you! #thiscrazylife

The Challenge: 

Be slow to anger always!!!! 

In this journey of sharing Christ on social media there was times that I felt so lonely. I knew going into it the burden would be heavy, I was even ready for the challenges but I was not prepared for the heart ache and separation I felt inside. In those times of deep sorrow I felt as though no one cared. I think that was where satan was really trying to get me. He focuses on our weaknesses! I crave close relationships. I love even strangers so deeply. This is how my soul was made. Satan knew this was a weakness of mine. If he made me feel as though no one cared or even hated me 😢 then I would in return feel like I had no purpose. You can imagine what that could lead to..  Me choosing to give up on sharing the goodness of our Lord and standing firm on going out into the world and sharing Christ and God’s truth with all of creation. Exactly what satan wants to do! Throw us ALL off course!!!! But Don’t let him!

Why do I share this today? Today, because of God I am at peace but I know life is all about heading into a storm, being in a storm and coming out of a storm. As I look back I rarely asked God, “Why Me?” But in the very few cases that I did, I am now feeling closer to knowing why....  I was taken through those times of loneliness and feeling as though no one cares (which was not true) because I see this occurring in our world this very hour! People are feeling hopeless! Since, I’ve felt those feelings, I now understand a little more about hopelessness and it helps me to maybe shed some hope for others! This is how God turns our pain into actually being a source of light.

And we know that In all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

I found out today that one of the cooks that volunteer for the organization I volunteer at took his life this week. This made me feel sad. It makes me sad that this man felt as though people don’t care, when I know for a fact he was surrounded by many that did and do care for him. Many who have devoted their lives making sure that people feel loved, supported and cared for. He was loved but maybe he didn’t allow himself to believe it?

Pondering what more I could do lead me to this. Every person we come across is an opportunity to make them feel cared for! It can be as simple as a wave hello or even saying, “Hey, let’s meet for lunch!” There are many hurting people, please please please take time to notice the people God brings across your path!

You are loved!
Romans 5:8

💜

Lea Michelle

God, 

Here I am naked trying to communicate with you so please listen and hear my prayers! I miss writing, I miss praying, I miss being ever so close to you! Here is the issue, the world is demanding and demands so many things until the world says I’m ready but...  

you say, “sweet child,” 

“You are ready and prepared!” I have given you the tools in the last three and a half years to start to move mountains. You are so close!”

Lord, earthly standards needs me to pass a test. Then I’ll keep up with my education in fitness, ordained pastorship and life coaching! Please help me keep up in my earthly world Certifications! 

My prayer tonight to you is this! I want to have a slower paced life where I’m fully caring about my children and husband but dabbling In helping the world when my energy calls me to it! I’ll need breaks and time to retreat to be with you! Please help me move my life in this direction to serve your people but make my family #1 after you of course and Lord please give me time to retreat where needed! 

In Jesus name I pray! 

Amen! 

 - The Yoga Controversy -

I am so tired of the controversy among Christians  about YOGA! 🙄

Believe me I have studied this topic inside and out. I have prayed and cried over the topic! I was a dancer. I know stretching is important for the body. Science proves the health benefits of stretching! I do not believe in yoga! You are correct that’s a Hindu form of worship that praises false idols but I absolutely do believe in stretching, strengthening and toning our temples with our Lord Jesus Christ. The body can only move in so many planes and finite positions. So me bending over with my personal tail bone lifted up to the ceiling is NOT me worshiping an idol and my God knows this!!! Jesus is my Lord and Savior! I gave my life and body to Him! The reason I gave my life to Him was so Satan cannot have domination over my temple any longer! That’s the point of being a born again!!!! We are protected! Satan cannot have domination over my temple by me simply raising my hands up over my head. So ridiculous!  Again, I am very much against YOGA! But Hindus and other religions have labeled EVERY SINGLE way the body can stretch! Im fighting to take possession back of how the Lord needs my body to stretch and heal! I have many health issues such as IC and IBS, I literally almost went to hospital last night because of the pain, so stretching is a must for my body!!! I am not going to let these scare tactics satan uses against me to keep me from my personal healing with my Lord!

Join us if you want to Stretch, do Barre and/or weights while we strengthen our temples, focus  on scripture, pray together as one and praise our Lord Jesus Christ.

Stretch 'N' Praise

- Lea Michelle Johnson

Black Pepper Cookies 

I have this vivid memory of me sitting in first grade. It was around the holidays and the teacher asked us (her class) to share ingredients that go into making cookies. 

Children around me raised their hands. They said things like sugar, salt, flour. water, food coloring. As I listened I felt energized to raise my hand and share an ingredient. The teacher called upon me and asked me what ingredient I would like to share and add to the list on the board. I proudly said, “Pepper!” I heard giggles from around the room. The teacher then said, “No, I don’t think pepper goes into making cookies,” and then moved onto the next child raising their hand. 

There was a tall boy in the class and for what seemed like the next two years he would constantly tease me about sharing pepper as an ingredient. I would just shrink back in embarrassment each and every time. 

Tonight, I was watching a holiday cookie baking show and there they were a new delight - Ginger Cookies with (you guessed it) Black Pepper! My soul sang and yes black pepper in cookies is a trending concept. 

Do not get discouraged if others do not see your vision! That vision was gifted to you on purpose and for a good reason! 

Trust the visions God places upon your heart! Those visions are there on purpose!!!!

💜

Lea Michelle

698 Days Saved - A Walk with Christ 

-Rest-

I will give you rest! Matt. 11:8

Today is a great day! Today is the last day of this series. This year has been challenging but I made it through. I am very ready to move to the next season of my life. I was afraid I would end this defeated but in these last days I have had so much encouragement come my way. 

I have many I lean on for support. I believe it’s always good to get your information and fellowship from multiple sources not just one. One pastor reached out and said he’s praying for me. I asked him if he thought all the spiritual warfare I was fighting this week was because I’m about to hit a breakthrough and maybe Satan’s trying to distract and stop me? He replayed with the most brilliant answer! He said, “Rest!” And that was all I needed to know! After two years It’s time to rest and so I shall. 

The Challenge: 

It’s time to rest. I know this devotional is only 333 Days but for the next missing 32 Days I want you to pick up your bible, read, journal and simply rest alone in him. Blessings 💜