𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬

𝐌𝐲 𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞
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Growing up my mother would always tell me, “Olisa, you know you belong to God. Your life is not yours.” And I would always answer her, “Yes Mama, I know.” But deep down I truly did not know or understand what it meant to belong to Him. And to be honest, I was scared of the responsibility that it all really came with.

As I reflect back on the 25 years of life God has graced me with, all I can think about is the love and patience that He’s had for me. 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲. 𝐌𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝.

I’ve tried and drank the cup of this world countless times, but it always left me empty and thirsty. This new season of life, I will submit and drink of this cup He had always set before me. And because 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐞, this cup will not only satisfy me but it will fill the belly’s of every spirit I come in contact with. For it is no longer my will I seek, but His. 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐝. 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐧. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭.