Welcome to Detroit

Here I am. This is the sign I saw early that morning when I drove up to my new apartment in my new neighborhood.

I was greeted by my new landlord and saw for the first time my new place. Its a cute  1 bedroom on a peaceful and safe tree-lined block. 

My Journey Back Home

As life brings us all kinds of news with twists and turns, my also life has turned a corner.

After prayerful consideration and seeking wise counsel, I decided to move back to the Detroit area- the place where I was born and raised. It was a heart wrenching decision to leave the Bronx, the ministry and my job - everything was going well and life was good. I felt it was time to move on and it was time to move back home.

Not all my roots are pleasant roots. In fact, "home" has represented to me the land of pain and suffering. God has brought me though a long process of uprooting and replanting the hardships and hurts in my life. One day I asked God with tears and anguish in my heart why He would bring me back to the "land of pain". I told Him I would trust Him and be obedient to what He asked me to do - after all He's God. I heard a still small voice in my heart - God's voice and this is what He said to me --

"Daughter, I will bless you and use you in greater ways than before. Seek me and I will be with you every step of the way. The land of your greatest pain will also be the land of your greatest victory. Trust me and follow every step I put before you. It will be like you never imagined or thought. You must trust me and not look back to the former, but the latter. I'm opening doors even now says the Lord. It will be worth it."

I've only just begun the new journey around the corner. As I move and settle into my new apartment, I have peace - peace which passes all understanding and a promise from God.