Life With Sly

Tag: 2025

  • Honest Before God

    Honest Before God

    I had to be honest.

    I had to stop trying to convince myself that I was wrong for wanting what I wanted and believing what I believed. I decided to open myself and the space I was in into God with purity and honesty. I confessed the desires of my heart in that moment while admitting my understanding of why others believed it to be wrong.

    God listened. He heard me. He didn’t judge me. Then, He blessed me and granted the desires of my heart to me. May we all learn to be more honest with ourselves and God so He can move accordingly in our lives. May His will be done. Amen.

    “And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he wanted to do, that the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon. And the Lord said to him: “I have heard your prayer and your supplication that you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built to put My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually. Now if you walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and My judgments, then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, as I promised David your father, saying, ‘You shall not fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’ But if you or your sons at all turn from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house which I have consecrated for My name I will cast out of My sight. Israel will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.”
    ‭‭I Kings‬ ‭9‬:‭1‬-‭7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
    https://bible.com/bible/114/1ki.9.1-7.NKJV

  • Growing Up with My Role Model: Embracing Individuality

    Growing Up with My Role Model: Embracing Individuality

    When I was growing up, I wanted to be JUST like my big sister. She was smart, funny, and my best friend. There was no one in the world I wanted to be around more than her. I’d even go as far as saying I wanted to be her.

    Whenever we went shopping, I tried to make sure we looked like twins. I’d pick the same outfit she did in the same color, too.

    “Pick something else,” she’d say, and my little heart would break. Why did she get so upset that I wanted to be like her? Didn’t she understand that she was my favorite person in the whole world? I knew at such a young age, that no matter what happened, I’d be okay as long as she was there.

    My sweet big sister, my role model to this day. You have always been an inspiration and I’m grateful to God that I have you in my life. While the instruction to “pick something else” was hurtful to me then, I appreciate it now. It taught me the importance of having things “just for me.” I’m finding my interests, pursuing them, and having a blast!

    Thank you for being my role model, SiSTAR. I love you!

  • Pushing Through Sorrow

    Pushing Through Sorrow

    I want to be consistent. I want to commit to the promise I made to myself before God. A promise to be vocal, and share my heart with the world despite the risk of persecution. My older sister nudges me to keep writing… even if my writings aren’t as positive, uplifting or motivating as I hoped. She said “it’s okay to share your pain with your audience. You’re giving them the opportunity to grow and heal with you. Keep trusting God and the people that are meant to be there will be.”

    So, I’m here. I’m remembering the promise I made to myself before God to share my experiences with others. Should my life be a testimony, I pray that it testifies to God’s grace, mercy, and everlasting love for us. We are all sinners who have been saved by the blood of Jesus Christ. We may find ourselves being lied to and deceived by the thoughts programmed in our brains that say we are unlovable, unworthy, and irregular. God says otherwise. He says we are loved, we are worthy, and we are made perfect. Our creator chose us long before He created the earth. We are worthy, we do belong, and we have a home on earth as well as in Heaven. We are never alone even when we feel like we’re drowning in sorrows and bitterness. In Matthew 5:3-5, Jesus said:

    “‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.’”
    ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭3‬-‭5‬ ‭NIV‬‬
    https://bible.com/bible/111/mat.5.3-5.NIV

  • Love Asunder

    Love Asunder

    Green. What does it mean?

    What does it mean? Everyone knows.

    Everyone knows that green means Go.

    Go. Where should I go?

    Should I go where the wind blows?

    Should I go where the water flows?

    Stop.

    Red. What does it mean?

    What does it mean? Everyone knows.

    Everyone knows that red means Stop.

    Stop? When should I stop?

    Should I stop before he bleeds?

    Sssshould I stop before He sees?

    Asunder.

    Still again I wonder… What could stop us?

    Is our story just some plotless, everchanging, mindless bot mess?

    Is it God who put us together since His thoughts are not our own…

    Or did we do this to ourselves causing this dauntless form we called love?

    Apart again for the millionth time but I wonder if a million and one will be it for us.

    Afterall, everyone knows What God joined can’t be destroyed unless He says so.

    Blunder.

    There’s nothing left here.

    The land is desolate; nothing grows anymore.

    I’m letting go for good this time because it hurts too much to keep watering this dry place.

    I’m almost all used up but then I remember:

    Mark 10:9
    9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
    https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/bible-multi-version/9PPRWS532N91

  • Muse

    Muse

    M is for Mysterious

    U is for Unwavering

    S is for Significant

    E is for Everlasting

    John 3:16
    16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
    https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/bible-multi-version/9PPRWS532N91