My Fourth Baby!

Before you scratch your head, nope...I'm not pregnant and no, I didn't have another 'secret' child (IYKYK). I mean...I have a 5-month old for goodness sake. But no...in all seriousness, what better way to commemorate Mother's Day than the birth of my new baby, my website! I have been going back & forth for over a year about whether or not I was going to launch my website and if I was then, when? I kept telling myself I needed this and I needed that. I needed the perfect pictures and the perfect aesthetic. I needed the perfect timing and the perfect announcement. I convinced myself that I needed allllll of these things before I could get started, when all I really needed was to increase my courage and release my fear. Those who've been around for awhile know that this isn't my first go-round with a blog, and that fear of being judged after becoming inconsistent with the previous one, 'One Life to Inspire' is real. This time is different, though. With my previous blog, I was overly focused on the views and site traffic. This time, I'm walking into my purpose. I've grown in numerous ways over the last couple of years, one of which is spiritually. I've come to realize that walking into your purpose (God's way) can't be dictated by rules and guidelines created by man. I can't allow an obsession with views and reshares to determine or define my success. My success is measured by my obedience to share my testimony and simply rely on God to ensure that it makes it to the eyes/ears of those who need it most.

Do I want the notoriety? Sure. Do I long for the day when I can say that I am a published writer? You better believe it. Do I secretly desire to one day be like Sarah Jakes Roberts, inspiring women in large numbers? Absolutely! But I also know that I can't rush God's plan no matter how bad I want it or how quickly I desire to reach it. So, this website represents not only my growth in Christ, but also my journey to receiving what God has in store for me. This website represents me following my calling and doing exactly what He placed me on this Earth to do. This website represents being faced by a mountain of fear and self-doubt, but deciding to push towards it anyway. Someone's breakthrough is depending on me. Someone's testimony is waiting on me. My story is meant to be shared in order to help pull up the next person; to give hope to someone who is feeling at their lowest; to inspire the person who wants to go after their goals but hasn't. My story is meant to change someone's life. God didn't grant me the gift of writing and storytelling to allow it to go to waste. He didn't place this vision in my heart to ignore it and allow it to lie dormant. So just know that with every post you see on this website, I wrote it with people like *you* in mind. Purposeful Confessions is that small but mighty voice in your mind telling you to go after it, to walk into the life created specifically for you, to own your truth and embrace it. Purposeful Confessions is here to give a voice to the thoughts that live rent-free in your mind that you may be too scared to say out loud. Purposeful Confessions is here to let you know that 'Your Truth Shall Set You Free.' So if you're here, I humbly thank you for joining me on this journey and I hope you find exactly what you're looking for.