Keep it Positive, Sweetie - My Salvation Story

Episode Date: August 1, 2023

Season 1 Episode 9 | So many of you have shared how my love for God has been inspiring and I wanted to share my salvation story with you. We all have our own journey in our faith walk and one is not g...reater than the other. It’s never too late to draw nearer to God. My hope is that this episode blesses you real good and encourages you to strengthen your bond with Him. Join me on my couch as I share my personal testimony.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Hi guys, welcome to this episode of Keep It Positive Sweetie. Today we are talking about my salvation story and guys it has been a journey. When I tell you full of ups and downs, full of lessons and full of grace, which I'm learning to give myself more of. When I think about my salvation story, a song comes to mind in this by C.C. Wynan's called Alibaster Box. This particular song my mom used to play over and over again as a kid, and I didn't understand it at that age.
Starting point is 00:00:42 But having lived and gone through a lot of things, I recently listened to it and it hit different. I'm talking about tears flowing and I just couldn't do anything but prays God for everything that he's brought me through. And a part of it that really sticks out is this part. And she says, you weren't there. The night he found me, you did not feel what I felt. When he wrapped his loving arms around me.
Starting point is 00:01:17 And you don't know the cost of the oil in my alambar, stir box. The part of you don't know the cost of the oil in my alabaster box sent me. When I tell you, I was just like, oh my goodness, because people look at your life and they're like oh my god like just everything was just so perfect and it was not it couldn't be further from that and the things that I've gone through I know was nothing but the grace of God they got me through it but listening to that song it just reminded me of God's grace and his mercy and I'm so happy that through this journey I've grown closer to him because it wasn't always like that. So I'm gonna tell you guys a little bit about it. This is a story
Starting point is 00:02:11 all that I have. I got closer to God. The thing that brought me to, it's multiple things that brought me to tears when I listened to that song at this age. And the first thing was thinking about all the times that I've disappointed God and let him down and to see how he has blessed me exceedingly and abundantly more than I could have ever imagined to think that like the things that I thought were just so detrimental to my relationship with God, he's like baby girl, don't worry about that. I'm still going to bless you because I know that you
Starting point is 00:02:49 have a heart of remorse and I seek God's forgiveness in those things. It was also choices that I've made, you know, things that I feel are unforgivable. And just knowing and having that gentle reminder that God has used the worst of people to get His word out and that we all can be used. Yeah. The thing I believed about God growing up, like I grew up in the church. From as early as I can remember, I was in the choir. I was at Bible study,
Starting point is 00:03:28 vacation, Bible school, everything. And I was taught that at a very young age to honor your father and mother as a kid. And that's how you're going to live a long time on the earth. That's what I was taught. So I grew up thinking that if I didn't do right, then I wasn't gonna live long, or that wasn't gonna have a prosperous life. And I believe that the Bible puts things in place for us to have some type of disciplinary list of things to live by or a way to, hey, you need some guidelines.
Starting point is 00:04:05 This is how you need to live life. But sometimes we take it out of context. And I think even as my parents, like, that's what the Bible says, but it can be like ingrained in you so much that you literally feel like, if I don't do this right, God is not gonna bless me.
Starting point is 00:04:21 Like, I'm not gonna bless, and that could be further from the truth. And that's something that, as I'm getting older, I'm unlearning a lot of the things that I was taught about the Bible and learning how to really apply it to my life. And that's not saying that what I was taught was wrong, because you are supposed to honor your mother and father,
Starting point is 00:04:39 and that's what I was taught as a kid. But there are certain things that I'm learning. Some people take the scripture and use it to what serves them. And that's not always what God meant. Ooh, I was first introduced to God by my parents. You know, I was raised in a church in a home where we had to get up and go to church every Sunday. It wasn't, we didn't have the option. It was church, Bible study, vacation, Bible school, second service, Sunday school, like we were there all day
Starting point is 00:05:10 on Sunday, and if we had an afternoon service, you best believe my family was back in the house after dinner. We were back in the church. But it wasn't until I moved out of my parents' home and got to college that I really got to know God for myself. Because I didn't have anybody telling me, hey, you got to be up this time
Starting point is 00:05:30 we go on a church in the morning. And I didn't. Because I didn't, it was almost like an act of rebellion or just to act of freedom. We're like, I don't have to do this anymore because I can make my own choices. And I think a lot of people go through that because they have been almost like,
Starting point is 00:05:49 like I didn't make my bed anymore. It was like something similar that my mom was like, make up your bed every morning, open the blinds. Like these certain rules I had to live by. When I moved out, I was like, I'm not doing none of this. And church was one of those things. And my first semester, I remember I was partying because I'm parenting really at me party. I just like wild out my GPA was horrible. I was on
Starting point is 00:06:11 academic probation my first semester of college because I just was wiling and had to go to summer school to get my GPA up and everything was spiraling out of control and that's when I realized, okay, Chris, so you need to get back to what you know. Kind of like the product of the product of son. I was the product of daughter that straight away, but eventually came back home. But it was in those moments that I realized everything
Starting point is 00:06:38 that I had been learning as a child was what I really needed to lean on and lean into. And I ended up realizing, I grew up Methodist. And I realized that that wasn't the type of formality as far as church that fed my soul. So I ended up starting to go to a Baptist church. Because I'm really big on praising worship. And I needed to hear songs that got me,
Starting point is 00:07:05 you know, say in the mood to worship. I needed that, I look at that as like the appetizer. Like I go to church early so I can get the praise and worship. That's like my appetizer before the pastor gives me the meal. And it was just something about the Baptist church that really like fed me in a way that I hadn't been fed before in the way the pastor, it was, his name was Reverend Alvin Summers the way he broke the word down was just so different than what I was used to because Methodist is
Starting point is 00:07:35 really close to like Catholic we quote all the I believe in God the Father Almighty maker of heaven and earth like it's and've seen the, I can't even, the apostles, the apostles creed, we had to memorize those things and quote them every Sunday and it didn't really feel like the spirit was being free to move. If everything felt so rigid. And when I went to the Baptist church,
Starting point is 00:07:59 I was like, man, this is crazy. I'm like, this is what I feel like, worshiping God should feel like. And of course my parents didn't really like that because they wanted me to continue to go to the church that I was raised in. And I love I love my past growing up. But as I got older I realized what worked for me. And I knew what I needed to be able to sustain that relationship with God. How do I prioritize my relationship with God
Starting point is 00:08:25 in the midst of a chaotic work schedule? I will be honest with you. There have been times in my journey where I will be very, very intentional about my time with God. And I will wake up in the morning, pray, journal, read, the Bible, and really just meditate with God and sit still before I get my day started. And then there's other times where life would get so busy that I would just wake up and
Starting point is 00:08:54 hit the ground running. Or I'd be too tired and I want to sleep in and by the time it's time to get up, I don't have time to spend that time with God. And I felt it. I started to feel it and I had to start making very intentional decisions to start my day with him. And now I do. I wake up every morning. The first thing I do is I talk to God.
Starting point is 00:09:16 I pray. And that's one thing, Pastor Dearest Daniels, from Change Church, where I go now. He taught us at the beginning of the year how to pray and how to talk to guys. So I journal in the mornings through prayer. I meditate and I take time to read the Bible based on the devotional that I do every morning.
Starting point is 00:09:36 And I think in that, it helps me. It kind of sets the tone for the day. And I'm the girl that, after I do that, I turn my church music on. And I really just set the tone for how I want to leave the house every the day. You know, I'm the girl that, actually I do that, I turn my church music on, and I really just set the tone for how I want to leave the house every single day. And I feel like as I learn to make, be more intentional with that,
Starting point is 00:09:53 everything else just kind of became more calm. So yeah, when I'm in need, Bishop Joseph Walker from Mountain Zion, Baptist Church in Nashville, Tennessee, is someone that I look to for spiritual guidance. My mom and dad, I still talk to my mom and dad about things. Who else?
Starting point is 00:10:15 Pastor John Gray and his wife are people that I've talked to, Tyler Perry, Tyler is a big brother of mine and someone that I admire and adore. And when it comes to somebody I know that's always praying over me, I know I can count on Tyler to be one of those people. So those are a few people that I have gone to in the past years and now to seek spiritual guidance from. the past years and now to seek spiritual guidance from. Whew, story of my first encounter with God.
Starting point is 00:10:47 I honestly can't remember my first encounter, but I remember a very, an encounter that I was like, whoa, it was as if God himself was like right here. Not physical in this catch, but like, he was right there next to me. I was in the car. I had, I was dating this guy and this is when I bought my first home and the relationship was very volatile, you know, um He I don't I wouldn't say he's a bad person. He's not a bad person, but when it came to relationships
Starting point is 00:11:20 He just wasn't very good in that area. Great with work, great people person, but when it came to being a mate, he wasn't very good. And I put it with a lot of things. I wasn't as secure as I am now in myself. And I put it with a lot of things to the point that we, you know, get into a really, really bad argument
Starting point is 00:11:42 right before I moved into my first home. And the argument was so bad that a friend of mine had to come get me. It got physical. It was crazy. And as I, she took me in my car. I got in my car and I drove to my new house. And it was literally, as if God Himself set me in car
Starting point is 00:11:59 and said, where I'm taking you, he can't go. But she would have never let him if I didn't allow this situation to escalate to the pulmonary like, okay, I'm done, I cannot do this. I would have stayed because I wasn't securing myself. I wasn't securing my relationship with God and even had the vision of what he had for me. I knew what I wanted to do, but I didn't see that the things and the patterns
Starting point is 00:12:23 that I was allowing to continue to have in relationships and especially with this guy I couldn't I was wondering why I kept hitting walls and sometimes you hit I learned that you hit walls because the people that you have with you They can't go with you and until you let them go guy cannot he can't promote you to the next level and When he's set in that car and said crystal where I'm taking you Let's do it can't go. I was like, say less, I got you, God. And that was like one of the times, in the most recent time, that was in 2017,
Starting point is 00:12:56 that I was like, whoa, okay, I hear you. And like I felt so close to God in that season where I was like even in the midst of me kind of losing myself and we tend to do that in relationships. We're in a losing ourselves because we're so in love and jaded by this person and thinking like, okay, the time is ticking, I'm getting older.
Starting point is 00:13:17 Let me just go ahead and settle for this and guys like, no baby girl, I got something else for you but I need you to understand that this person is not your person and you gotta let this go. So that was probably like the most recent time that. And that's been other things, but that really stood out. Ooh, how do I balance my faith and my career? This is a really tough one because I'm in the entertainment
Starting point is 00:13:38 industry and a particular character that I'm playing right now is the things and the choices that she makes are not quite aligned with God's word. So a lot of times I'm conflicted with the imagery that I'm portraying to the masses. And I'm like, I'm an actor, so I am acting. This is not who I am, but this is I'm acting and portraying other people. Because what acting is, you're portraying people who really act like that in real life, even though that may not be you, and you have to make people believe that.
Starting point is 00:14:14 And there are times where I'm like, Lord, am I doing the right thing? Is this pleasing in your sight? And I've reached out to my spiritual leaders about that and my parents like I really got a lot of peace about it when I talk to my dad about it because especially like 16s and things like that. My dad was like you're just acting. He was like it's not who you are and the same thing with my spiritual leaders, I was like we know that's not the image that that crystal puts out. That's what the actor actress does or that's what the team
Starting point is 00:14:46 is, but that's not Crystal, and learning to separate the two and understand that it's a job. And that's something I still struggle with. I do still struggle with that, but I try to not judge the character. I try to understand that this is, there is people out here who act just like this woman and all I'm doing is portraying those people. So, um, yeah, still struggling with that a little bit. The revelation that helped change my view and relationship with God. God. I think it was in 2007. I was living in DC. I had moved to Washington DC when I moved from home. I was, I stayed in my hometown for college and I moved to DC and I was on my own. This is the first time I was really on my own because when I was in college, my I still lived in the same town that I grew up in. But it wasn't until I was on my own, this is the first time I was really on my own, because when I was in college, I still lived in the same town that I grew up in.
Starting point is 00:15:46 But it wasn't until I was literally on my own that I had to, like, fully lean on God for his guidance. And it was in that season, it was like two and a half years I was in DC that I realized, God, I need you more now than I ever did before, because I have nobody else. And I think sometimes there are seasons in your life where God will literally strip you away from what you're comfort zone, your blankies, what do you call them, the security blankets. We have people that are like our security blankets
Starting point is 00:16:21 that we feel safe around, but a lot of times those security blankets are hindering us from learning lessons or maturing areas that we need to, whereas if we were alone in an isolation, we realize there's nothing they can do to help us get to the next level or to even grow. So when I move there, that's when I realize,
Starting point is 00:16:42 okay, God, like, it's you and me, like we gotta figure this thing out. And I found a church home. And it seems like I always find my way back to the church. Like, even then, I was still trying to figure life out. But I find my way back to the church. And there were situations that would happen. And I'm like, that was nothing.
Starting point is 00:17:00 My God, like, as soon as I leave the club, some gunshots ring out. It was like, it was always God like removing me from situations that could have killed me, driving home drunk, just being reckless, and waking up the next day, like, how did I get home? Knowing that there was nothing to guide and then realizing, OK, Chris, you got to get your life together.
Starting point is 00:17:22 You are here living on the wild side, and this is not how you were raised. You gotta get it together. So, I think it was the move and being ripped away from my family and everyone that really made me step closer to God. Honestly, I feel like in the moments where some people may feel like they can't face God, I draw close to him in those moments.
Starting point is 00:17:47 Because I never want to let him down. And I'm, well, I say by far, I am not perfect, far from it. But there's never been a time where I rejected God. There's been seasons of my life where God was not in the forefront. There's definitely seasons of my life where he was not in the forefront. There's death in my life where he was not in the forefront as he should be. Times where I wasn't going to church,
Starting point is 00:18:09 times where I may have been in a relationship with somebody that I may have unintentionally made my God. Like I was serving my husband and he was taking, he wasn't leading me and saying, hey babe, we need to go to church and I wasn't going. It was like, all right, we just gonna do it. We do, we gonna lay up party all night, lay up on Sundays, hey babe, we need to go to church. And I wasn't going. It was like, all right, what are we going to do? We're going to lay up party all night, lay up on Sundays, watch football, go out to eat.
Starting point is 00:18:29 And it was just like, God was a distant memory. But there's never been a time where I felt like, God, I can't come to you. That's one thing I've never felt. I've had low points in my life where I really felt like, I felt like 2009 when I first moved to Atlanta was one of the lowest points in my life and I felt cursed. I felt like God had left me. And nothing was going right, it was one of the lowest points in my life.
Starting point is 00:18:59 I'm just like, lower, like I'm not catching a break. Like what is happening? Like I had never been there, lowering my life, that broke in my life, and I'm broken. And it wasn't until like 2010, that started to see things turn around. But even in that hindsight, I realized that sometimes God has to take you to the valley
Starting point is 00:19:21 so that you can appreciate the highs, like everything. And even letting you know, hey, when we go down, I'm still there with you. When we go to the mountain top, I'm going to be right there too. But I got to take you through the situation so that when we hear, you can really, really appreciate it. Because if everything is smooth or everything is high, your whole life, you're not going to appreciate it when I take you where you want to go. So yeah, I think this is it. How do I think God wants to use me while I'm on earth?
Starting point is 00:19:54 It's funny every morning I pray that when I walk out these doors, that anyone I encounter, that they see God's light through me. And a lot of, I want to be able to make impacts on people without even saying anything. I want them to see me walking and be like, it's something different about this girl. And when they do interact with me, I want them to feel God. And I feel like I'm put on this earth to just be a,
Starting point is 00:20:24 a reflection of Him, to love people, to be kind, to show them God's way, and to really just be a vessel for him. And I think that anybody that I encounter with at some point, God is going to come up, like it's just like, even if they're talking about something like yeah, cuz man I have everything like Lisa a testimony or a story of how God brought me through something So I feel like yeah, I feel like I'm here to just to let his light shine through me Sometimes it does Feel heavy
Starting point is 00:21:06 Only cuz I have a lot of people leaning on me. And every day I don't feel like... How do I say this? I don't wake up every day feeling like positive and like... Like the light that I want to exude. I don't always wake up feeling like that. And sometimes being in the light that I'm in, you can't have an off day. Like you gotta be on every single day.
Starting point is 00:21:33 So step out the house, you gotta be on because you don't know who you're gonna run into, who's got a camera on you. And it could be from going to church, people who are having cameras on you to be in the mall, to eatin' at a restaurant, like somebody's always looking at you, and you can't have a bad day,
Starting point is 00:21:50 like you can't get angry at somebody out in public, like everything has to be on the highest tier at all times because people are watching you, because I don't think anybody has, like the, not, I don't think anyone has perfect days every single day. When they wake up, like, oh, I think I'm going to go out here and spread your good word. Like everybody doesn't wake up like that every single day, but you strive to be that.
Starting point is 00:22:15 And it's something my therapist said, she was like, stop striving for perfection. That's a cancer. She said, strive for excellence. So I'm trying to practice that in everything I do because within excellence, you can also make mistakes in learning, grow from it. But yeah, it gets heavy sometimes, for sure. So I'm not perfect. And I'm having been saved all my life
Starting point is 00:22:35 and I'm not the most sanctified saint there he is. So, yeah, he's still working on me. Just cry, God. God. Oh. God is he's everywhere. You know, God is everywhere. He's he has an agape love. I know he's he doesn't judge me. There's nothing I can do that's going to make him love me less. You know? And God is, he's all knowing there's nothing that I can't say to him that he doesn't already know. There's nothing I can, the sense that I'm going to do tomorrow, God already know.
Starting point is 00:23:19 Like, you know what I'm saying? There's nothing I can do. I can try not to do it. But he already know what I'm going to do tomorrow. He know I'm doing 10 minutes, you know? So there's no fooling him. So I love that he's the friend that I have that I don't have to fake with. Because there's so many people in my life that you can't always be completely or authentically
Starting point is 00:23:39 yourself. It doesn't matter what I do when I go behind those closed doors of my bedroom and sit in my space or The thoughts that I have the things that I do that nobody sees God knows it and shows me every single day that He loves me regardless. He knows that these are things I'm growing through So that's God to me Here we go all right, so these are It's funny because I talked about Being too busy to pray so pass the Darius Daniels doctor various things preached on
Starting point is 00:24:18 This topic of that sermon was the cheat code. I didn't know this could do that, talking about prayer. And this part about prayer was like too busy, not too pray. Because we get so caught up in life that we're so busy and it's like, look, I just, I just don't have time today. No, you need to be too busy, not too pray. Like, you need to take the time to do it. And it starts off with showing adoration for God. And then you confess to God. And then you thank God for your answer, prayers, your spiritual blessings,
Starting point is 00:24:49 relational blessings, and your material blessings. And then it ends with supplication. Make your request known to Him and do this all in Jesus name. And when you break it down, it's X-A-C-T-S. That's the acronym, Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Subvocation. And that's how I start the day with God. Adoring Him, thanking Him, asking Him for what I need. And once I started to practice those things and I journal every single morning, and he said, it's not for everybody.
Starting point is 00:25:23 Some people can do it for hours. Some people just do it for 15 minutes. He's like, I'm not the type of person who's going to do it for two hours. He's like, I got my 20 minute window, 30 minute window, and I'm like, I got to start the day. So it looks different for everybody. So I love that because sometimes when I was taught to pray, I was taught the Lord's Prayer first, and then I was taught it was a scripture in the Bible that says don't go in the closet babbling on to God pray the Lord's prayer and say that will be done because whatever you're gonna go in there and talk on the guide and rambling about for hours and hours just what you asked me for is less than what he already has in store for you.
Starting point is 00:26:06 So just say, God, because you may be asking for something that you feel is so big. And like, if I get this, Lord, this is everything. I don't need nothing else. And he's like, child, you need to think big. You know what the guy says? And I'm going to say what he really says. But you think it's too small. Think big.
Starting point is 00:26:22 And I've learned that when I say that I will be done, literally the things that God has for me, I'm like, whoa, I never thought of that. I never thought of it on this magnitude. So those are things that I was taught. And I was always taught to say the Lord's Prayer. But when I started putting this into action, I saw a different revelation.
Starting point is 00:26:47 I started this in January, and I told the Norris I had written in my journal, I prayed about what I wanted, and I said I want a big partnership with a big beauty brand. And within 24 hours, I get the call from the Norris and, hey, S.A. Loudonuder and Clinique want to do something with you in conjunction with Black Tech. And I was like,
Starting point is 00:27:10 it worked that fast? I was like, oh my gosh. I was like, this is crazy. I like, Lord, this how you moving in 2023? Let's go. So it was one of those things where he had to show me quickly. I'm about to show you how I'm moving in this season of your life.
Starting point is 00:27:24 And I was like, okay, you not playing, so I'm not playing. Let's do this. And it's something that I've continued to be intentional about because I see that he's intentional about me. And this is a season where I can't lack in any area of my pursuit of him for sure. Do I find it hard being a believer in a celebrity? And do I feel a responsibility to share his work with a masses? I don't find it hard being a celebrity and a believer. I feel like everyone is called for different things.
Starting point is 00:28:03 And for me, this is what God has called me to in this season of my life. And I try to be very responsible with this gift that God has given me, for the gift of acting, the gift of celebrity, and make sure I don't abuse it. Because a lot of times people, they get in these positions of power because let's be clear,
Starting point is 00:28:29 celebrities are very influential people. They can say things that impact a mass majority of people and they will follow what you say. So I do, even on my social media, I make wishes where the major, I can reach so many people. And for that, I'm very specific on who I follow. I'm very specific on the energy that I allow
Starting point is 00:28:59 to come into my space when I, because we're all Instagram all the time. I mean, I'm also very intentional about what I post, making sure that it's positive, and that when people come to it, they know that, okay, this is a child of God. I don't post scriptures every single day, but you will see them post in my devotional some days,
Starting point is 00:29:17 you'll see me posting different exurs from sermons from my favorite pastors. I don't hide how good God is to me and I don't hide that I'm a believer. And I do feel, I feel the responsibility to draw people to God. And I've had people come up to me and say, Crystal, your post, I saw you going to change church, that brought me back to Christ. And it's those things.
Starting point is 00:29:47 That right there means more to me than any accolade or any role that I could get knowing that I'm bringing people to God. And I think because of that is why I feel like God has deemed me responsible. And like you're the one that I want to do this job because I know I can trust you with it. And I don't wanna let him down. I don't, so I try to be very intentional about putting the word out. And I'm not ashamed of him.
Starting point is 00:30:17 I'm gonna let you know, I believe in Jesus Christ. Period. You've sent me a couple times, I don't want to disappoint God. It's more so, I feel like when I say I don't want to disappoint God, I feel like God gives, but say heavy is the head that wears the crown. I feel like God tests and gives His biggest challenges to His stronger soldiers, like people that He know can handle it. And when I say disappoint,
Starting point is 00:30:47 I just wanna make sure that I honor everything that he is bestowed upon me. It's not, you can't disappoint God. And I did say that, but that's not what I mean. You can't disappoint God because God already knows that we're not perfect. That's why he died for our sins because he knows we are imperfect people.
Starting point is 00:31:06 So there's no disappointing him. I just want to make sure that I honor everything that he's given me, whether it's okay, Chris, I'm gonna give you this light. Now everybody sees you, what are you gonna do with it? You know, and I want to make sure, okay, God, I'm gonna talk about you. I'm gonna let them know that I believe in you.
Starting point is 00:31:21 I just want to make sure, because I feel like people get into them. I've said before, they get into, they forget, where they came from, or forget, like the real reason they're really here. And I also feel like sometimes, like God puts people in certain positions to be very, to be very seen,
Starting point is 00:31:41 and visible to the world, because He knows all the people they're going to bring more people closer to him. And I feel like I'm one of those people. All right, so we are getting to one of my favorite parts of the show and that is positive outcomes where listeners write in and they ask those questions. So this one says, I love God and believe in him, but I recognize that there are areas in my life where I struggle with unbelief. Oftentimes I struggle with believing
Starting point is 00:32:12 that God really has a husband for me and that I will bear children someday. I know that I should have faith, but the more that the days and years go by without it, the harder it becomes to believe that there is a promise here that will be fulfilled. Do you struggle with unbelief? How can I work through my unbelief and grow my faith in having a family someday? Oh, child. Okay, so this is something I've definitely dealt with. Air right nose, I'm 40 now, and it is statistically proven that the old do get the harder it is to bear children and to have successful and healthy births. I'm not married, so we are similar in that area as well, but I know there are times, even myself, like that I've wondered, like, Lord, like when are you going to bring him and our children in the cars for me. And I think that what we end up doing is worrying and we're not supposed to do that.
Starting point is 00:33:13 We cause more anxiety than we should by worrying about things that's out of our hands. God is in control of that. So what I would say to you is, focus on all the blessings you have around you and know that as you continue to appreciate everything that God has already done, he's gonna bless you with those things. And if he doesn't, that doesn't mean that you're less than or that you don't deserve that. It happens to the best of us.
Starting point is 00:33:40 There's so many amazing people that can't have children, but there's other alternatives. If that's what you want to do. And that's not in the cars for everyone either, but if that's something you want to do, you have other options to do that with or without a man, the natural way.
Starting point is 00:33:57 But I feel like that's not the final answer, but if that's for you, God is going to make a way for sure. But don't let marriage and a family define you. I feel like sometimes women, we feel like that's what's going to complete everything. And maybe that's not what God's purpose is for you. And if it is, it'll happen that man is going to come, that child will come and it's going to be a miracle. And you can be looking like, I know this was nothing but God. Because a lot of times we try to make things happen because this is what we want.
Starting point is 00:34:29 But sometimes God allows it not to happen so that when it does happen, you can't take responsibility for it. You're gonna know that that was only God. So stay strong and know that I'm here with you. We're in the same boat, but we have to stay positive, sweetie. See what I did there? That was good. So another thing that I like to do every episode is what I'm going through and what I'm growing through.
Starting point is 00:34:58 And I think for this particular episode, when we talk about the faith walk, I am going through understanding my purpose, combined with my career path, and when I say purpose, combined with my career path, my purpose for God, and what he wants me to do in this career path. What I'm growing through is growing and learning that I have to stop being so hard on myself and judging everything that I do and knowing that God placed me in this position for a reason that's to glorify him and that as long as I continue to do that I don't have to be so hard
Starting point is 00:35:39 on myself about because I do like I told you guys I struggle with the scenes that I do and I'm like okay I'm a Christian woman, is that wrong? And I've had people tell me, like, yeah, I don't watch that trash. Like, that's a trashy show. And I'm like, ugh. And these are like church people, you know, saying like, super sanctified and saved
Starting point is 00:35:57 and filled with the holy ghost type people. But in those instances, I'm like, Lord, am I doing the right thing? So that's what I'm growing through and knowing that the journey that God's taking me on is a purposeful one and I'm finding that. So for this episode, keep it blank, sweetie. I'm gonna say, keep it faithful, sweetie.
Starting point is 00:36:24 Literally, I opened up this an old invitation I got recently. And I've had this since 2019, and I opened it up. It was a small, enclosed, encased mustard seed. That's all you need. Faith the size of mustard seed. And it's so small. So just keep it faithful, sweetie,
Starting point is 00:36:45 and know that whatever God has you is gonna happen. I wanna thank you guys so much for tuning in to this episode of Keep It Positive, sweetie, if you wanna be featured on the positive outcomes, listen to letter, write in to keepitpositivesweetie at gmail.com, and make sure you guys tune in. Follow me on all platforms at LoveCristorNay and I can't wait to see you guys next week.
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