Spiritual Healing WITHOUT Social Media

Man has it been a minute since my last written post or what? Yes indeed it has but that's what comes with the territory of being a mom of 4 BEAUTIFUL blessings. When I say God has a way of sending tests boy does He. These past 2 years my "Papa God" (*reference I got from from Debora M. Coty, author of Too Blessed to be Stressed Devotionals) sent me and my family some tests I thought we would never overcome. But with the power of PRAYER, FAMILY, FRIENDS, FITNESS and the word of God, y'all already know I was able to pull out of it. By the Grace of God. Thank you Papa God once again, can't stop thanking Him enough.

Unfortunately I encountered a series of life's tests involving 2 of my children who were both hospitalized with SEVERE lupus flare ups consecutively in 2017 and 2018. During that time I was so hurt, disappointed, I even questioned God like "Why me?". I blamed myself so many nights while I watched both my twin babies suffer one year after another. As the culprit of the first one to be diagnosed with lupus in the family and me possibly passing it on to my babies, YES I blamed myself countless nights. And y'all know I was no where near training ANYTHING nor ANYONE. I had pretty much given up on fitness at one point, it was SO MUCH pressure, so much to deal with at the hospitals, dealing with my own mental health issues (discuss that in a later blog) and the emotional stress of being away from my other 2 blessings who were being cared for by family while I made the hospital my permanent home for the next month.. But no matter how much I "tried" to tell myself I was done with fitness, that fire and passion ALWAYS stayed lit inside of me.

After the second year and second hospitalization, I decided to take my family's lives back from that darn lupus!!! WE declared NO MORE. I said the heck with the medicines flooding my babies system, we are going to go on a plant-based diet and get them like momma. I trusted and have given the doctors their time to do what they have done up to this point of getting my babies stable but now I want to try God's way, the TRUE medicine is the food God planted on this Earth. "Drugs block our biochemistry to reduce symptoms. Vegetables restore our biochemistry to create health." It's that simple folks. I know because I'm living proof, testimony.

I had to go back to my roots, "Change your mind, change your life." I decided to GHOST on social media for a little over a year now. I made my mind up that I needed to get right with my Papa God in order to do this, in order to hear Him speaking to me. You can't hear Papa God speaking to you when your mind is flooded from the daily scrolls of Facebook and Instagram. We've all done it: wake up worshipping it and go to bed praising it...SMH...Personally, my soul needed to a breath of fresh air, WITHOUT the influence of social media. And to be honest, I'm kind of terrified...(joking) of going back to the social media world. I'm afraid of being consumed once again by the glamorized raft of social media and not being able to hear my Papa God voice but God has equipped me with the tools to fight this battle, so this mama of 4 ain't scared...lol

God tells me He has my back at all times, my only job is to have faith and fulfill the purpose He has specifically mapped out me. So here I am back at it. RENEWED. Ready to leap. Ready to take back our lives WITHOUT medication and limited social media influence...lol

I do have to say that my twin girls are also beating the crap out of lupus. They both have excelled in school and received awards; one twin received Honor Roll for 3.2 GPA and the other received the Principals Award for 3.9 GPA. Both are thriving despite the diagnosis and numerous of hospitalizations. They inspire me!!

So from this experience, life WITHOUT social media, I've gained a deeper and meaningful relationship with my Papa God, my children and myself. Now that's a WIN-WIN situation.

FAMILY,F F