Lord, I acknowledge that you are the sole savior, God, healer, redeemer, mountain mover, King, the way, provider, creator, promise keeper, and my everything. However, I do not wish to attempt to fulfill any of Your roles in my life. I do not want to hinder Your work or impede Your progress. I do not want to divert the path of righteousness by dwelling on sin, knowing that I have placed my trust in You. I do not want to contradict Your word, works, movements, or promises. I do not want to allow my inner self to be consumed by worldly systems, burdened by the deep-rooted poison of false doctrine, wrong teachings, unforgivingness, frustrations, unhealed wounds, and a refusal to deny myself in order to grow closer to You. I do not want to allow anything that infects my inner self to prevent me from becoming more like You.
I don’t want to be You, Lord of my life. I wasn’t prepared to handle, carry, or know everything. You called me to rest, be still, love, follow Your guidance, and live in Your light.
What is the lesson?
Seek Christ always and let Him lead you. If you choose to follow Him, rest assured that He has your every move covered in His plans. We don’t have to worry about anything. Let today be the only focus because tomorrow is for tomorrow.
I am late on posting this, but I must share one of the lessons I’ve had recently learned from my days encounter.
As a podcast host, author, speaker on my platform, and the woman I am becoming, I am always holding myself to the value of my word. What do I mean? I believe in always being an example of my faith, words written/spoken, and the woman my future family can always look up to.
We all can agree Perfect is unrealistic in every way.
About two weeks ago, I was traveling with family. My mother and I specifically for travel were traveling companions. First and foremost, I heavily committed to not speaking, giving room for thoughts, or listening to anything in opposition for what I am believing God for in this year, season, time, and according to His promise. With this being said, I as a human being fail a day or two by grunting some externally before I caught myself. It was giving gateway for opposition to raise and the atmosphere to be gloomy on a trip intended for all smiles, literally. Now, I immediately settled, paused, self examined, completed a self talk, and apologized to my traveling companion for the tone I had presented at the beginning. Let’s take a moment, first and foremost the reality of seeing self drift for a moment into the consumption of the world around is enough to snap back into the becoming lifestyle you are growing in. If seeing you are the atmosphere setter for your day and life in every area from what you set in your mind, speak with your tongue, and allow in your heart isn’t enough for you to self examine and auto correct, ma’am/sir, I don’t know what to tell you but to dive deeper.
Okay, let me drive it back home.
The trip became completely enjoyable, filled with laughs, smiles, relaxation, and vibrant in every way. Every challenge faced from the rest of the trip was natural(likes/dislikes of food here and there, overcharged service(literally), and wait time for service(give or take)).
The trip came to an end and it was time to travel back. Well, things were smooth running until we returned back to the states. Here came the test again, will I speak the words of positiveness, remain calm, use the power of my tongue to speak to the atmosphere or will I fail the test?!? Well, well, well…I wasn’t ready. My response was giving I wasn’t ready. This is the short version of it all. Due to the airline taxi hold, delay to gate, an the airline not wanting to own up to their cause of over 50 people missing their connecting flight, I allowed the consumption of the world around to impact me instead of me impacting the world around. My traveling companion, my mother, received the frustrated, loss of patience, grunting existence of me in the moment. Let’s take another moment.
Sweethearts, I forgot every breathing technique learned from therapy, every communication skill gained in life, and patience ran out like the energy bunny. After the one or two calls of expression, a text message or two, being accommodated room and food, being in summer clothes in the climate of 30 degrees or less without a coat, and waiting for a driver to even find us, I still didn’t release the failed test results in this life moment. Instead of being present, embracing the frustrations of normal travel, remaining calm, laughing this all off, and accepting I cannot change what I cannot control, I gave the world around what they always see from individuals. This was a hard pill to swallow.
Arrival home after final flight, my heart was so heavy and unease from the disgusting response I gave my mother(traveling companion), the hurt I could have caused, the disappointment I felt, the one opportunity to show something different in the world around in the moment, all weighed on me. I first acknowledged and accepted my faults and flaws, I then, went to God for forgiveness, and lastly, I apologized and hugged my mother. I made a decision to breathe no matter what, accessed the challenges, and then approach with a precise thought out response because I get one shot in the moment.
What’s the lesson to share, breathe, pause, access, acknowledge, respond with the best most impactful lasting impression which will hold you to your becoming.
It’s not always easy because every situation, matter at hand, and reality of it all varies. However, you have one opportunity in the moment, at a specific time, to sometimes be quick (with the right heart posture and training) or to respond in a timely manner (time to access and breathe before responding). Time sensitivity varies as well.
Your feet got tired and I found them swollen spiritually and physically.
I watched your eyes grow weary.
It’s been a while since you took a break from everyday, hassle of life.
Angels made a call and now here I am.
I came to sweep you away just for a couple of days.
When you rest, I need you to rest assured knowing the hassle will still be but you can take a break and return refreshed.
Sometimes you need my service to provide you a space that frees you for a day or two.
Let me show you a time where the sun shines, your flesh flows, and your smile enhances.
Let me take you for a day to remove the puffy eyes, rest your feet, feel a breeze, and give you a space to refresh to comeback stronger.
Relaxation comes knocking at the door and sometimes we can still ignore the knock or open the door but become the worse host by still overloading your mind.
This week on Lesson In Everyday Podcast, we are honored to feature Stacey Singh — a mother, advocate, and powerful voice for healing and transformation.
Stacey brings a deeply personal and faith-centered perspective to the conversation on becoming unstuck. With experience serving as a victim advocate in Japan and walking through her own healing journey after divorce, she shares how forgiveness, vulnerability, and spiritual growth helped her step into a new season of life.
Her testimony reminds us that healing takes courage… but freedom is worth it.
🎙️ Episode: The Cost of Staying Stuck—and the Courage to Move
Through transparency and faith, Stacey shares how allowing God to heal your heart can lead to peace, wholeness, and the strength to move forward — while reminding us that our stories have the power to help others heal too.
True freedom is found in a heart full of forgiveness. If we hold onto grudges, even when others refuse to apologize, we give away our power and become trapped. Similarly, if we don’t forgive ourselves for all the hurt we’ve caused, the unspeakable, unsharable, unbearable memories that haunt us, we’ll always be bound by a power that won’t release us until we forgive ourselves completely! When we refuse to forgive the past, the person, place, or memory will always hold us captive.
Forgiveness opens your heart to a lightness of being, a freedom that lifts you up. Wouldn’t you love to wake up each day filled with joy, no matter what’s going on around you? Wouldn’t you want to understand more deeply what God is calling you to? Wouldn’t you want to love without expecting anything in return, because your heart is free? Wouldn’t you want to pray with confidence, knowing that your prayers aren’t hindered by unforgiveness? God doesn’t answer those who hold onto unforgiveness. Don’t let your heart’s unforgiveness block your prayer and your life of freedom with Christ.
I challenge you to write down, speak it out, or however you need to do it the list of all you need to forgive. Let it go and give it all to God. Never to return back to a heart unforgiving. Keep your heart pure, live and walk in your freedom of God.
