Faith
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Teaching isn’t my job, it’s tied to my purpose.
Let me share my powerful journey from coma recovery to classroom presence, showing how God’s detours are often divine redirections—especially when it comes to our calling. Teaching Isn’t My Job—It’s My Purpose Tomorrow begins a new academic year in my district, and as I prepare, I’m feeling two things at once: excitement and uncertainty. Physically, Continue reading
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Trusting Good in a Physical World
I think one of the most difficult things that a human being encounters is the notion of faith and belief. Because of our human nature and the physiology of the human creation, we are created with senses. We are naturally inclined to hear, smell, taste, touch, and see. The more I mature in my walk with the Lord, Continue reading
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“I Declare War: A Spiritual Wake-Up Call to Fight the Inner Battle”
The Christian life is not a playground—it’s a battleground. In this soul-stirring devotional, Andrea Poyotte declares war on everything holding her back. It’s time to confront the struggle within and rise in God’s strength. I / De / Clare / War Good Morning and Happy Sabbath.I can never begin my day without a devotional—it is Continue reading
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“Fascination with the Body: My Sickle Cell Journey and Discovering Avascular Necrosis”
Living with Sickle Cell Disease has shown me how remarkable the human body is—and how faith, persistence, and the right questions uncovered years of hidden damage. Here’s my AVN timeline and what I’ve learned about pain, patience, and healing. Introduction: The Body Is a Fascinating Map Part 1: The Start of the Pain – 2016–2017 Continue reading
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Bring Life into Alignment
A steel beam has integrity when its purpose, its design, its manufacture, and its use are aligned. Said another way, to have integrity, a beam must be designed and manufactured for a specific purpose—and it must actually be used toward that purpose. We can count on a beam like that, even to bear a heavy and important Continue reading
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Going through hell
Devotional: Going Through Hell We all know what it feels like to be in the thick of it— It’s that “I just don’t know what to do” feeling.But deep down, we actually do know.We know to turn to God.We know to pray, to lean, to trust.It’s just hard to remember that when the fire feels Continue reading
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“Unlimited Access: What My Niece’s Data Plan Taught Me About the Power of Prayer”
After gifting my niece an unlimited phone plan, I realized how often we misuse what’s freely given—except when it comes to prayer. Here’s how that moment became a life lesson about God’s unlimited grace and communication. Unlimited… But Misunderstood For her 14th birthday, my mom and I gave my niece a phone and added her Continue reading
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Just a thought I would like to share
If I’ve learned anything over the past five years, it’s this:I can depend on God. No matter what life has taken from me—my health, my peace, even people—I have never lost my faith.Yes, I’ve questioned things.Yes, I’ve wrestled with pain.But I’ve also waited, trusted, and listened for answers. And in that waiting, I’ve seen God Continue reading
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Yesterday’s fruit,tomorrow’s wine.
Life after a coma has been the most difficult season in my entire existence on earth. One may say with any tragic and traumatic experience, especially a life altering one. The hardest time is rebuilding not only what was lost but yourself physically,emotionally, financially, and mentally all literally. I spent six weeks in a coma Continue reading
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Teach us how to Pray
Happy Sabbath/Saturday to all! One of the damages from my coma was Brain Hemorrhaging and this was caused by multiple mini strokes in my brain. Sickle cell can and will damage every part of the body at one time or the other. Me as I explained in other post was total body shut down and Continue reading
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Contract Vs. Covenant
A few days ago I was having a conversation with my son, basically about how someone we both know and love who is unhappily married and why people get married for the wrong reasons. My son said to me “I don’t see why people need to get married, can’t they just live together? why do Continue reading
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Expectations: Lessons I Didn’t See Coming
Expectations: Lessons I Didn’t See Coming Definition of Expectation: We use the word expectation all the time, but have we ever really studied it?I had to. Life forced me to. Over the past five years—after surviving a coma—I’ve learned more lessons about expectations than I could have ever imagined. Hard lessons. Humbling lessons. Painful, beautiful, Continue reading
About Me
I LIVE LOVE LAUGH LEARN – the only way I know how to survive this life! I am a free-spirited, independent, or uninhibited person. I began this blogging journey years ago for sharing my thoughts on everyday life. Since then, so much has happened including me being in a coma because of Sickle Cell with brain damage and extreme trials in life. I am still struggling, but I feel someone can be motivated through my journey, thoughts, feelings, and life.
Phoenix: Live Love Laugh 