Intimately Worded with Michelle

Category: Faith Forward

  • No Failure in Faith

    October Autumn Falls Walkways are filled with leaves of colors Change is touchable, All-seeing There will be many curves and turns in our lives but there is no failure in our faith walk. I reflect on the thoughts, dreams, and goals I tell God about and only God. Those dreams that break and only God…

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  • Pause Mode: Cooking, Music, Saturday Reflections

    “Keeping the devil down in the hole:”  https://youtu.be/9k9FMGp7oGU I love creating in the kitchen. When life events become perplexing deciding what to prepare for breakfast, lunch, and or dinner based on what is available in the kitchen is a joy. #mindbliss When it all gets complicated, keep it simple. Wait your turn it is all…

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  • Flux to Crux…Part I

    ©©When it hurts to write (my number one love), when it hurts to counsel, when it hurts to breathe…within my crux. My well is dry. My give is limited. My encouraging spirit, well it is in wound. This is new. There have been times in the past I was unable to write. This is different;…

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  • February Love, dealing with Me.

         Where to begin? I believe in love. I believe in the type of love that covers, protects. The love that heals, forgives. The love that encourages, advises. The love that is silent yet quietly completes. I do not anticipate the fairy-tale, the dreamy –sexy-Knight-in-shining-armor type. I do not expect the saintly, mega millionaire…

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  • Culinary Skills & Dilemmas

    When I have no solace, a lot to think over and no one to share my thoughts with I cook. I love the art and the science in preparing a meal. I love the creativity it takes to create a new recipe…the imagination of different flavors and spices. Trying to measure and enhance one product…

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  • The Cost of no, maybe & no response

    He doesn’t want me… and I’m good with that. I am better when I acknowledge that information.  I am still great. I am still going to lose the weight and not eat this big bowl of butter pecan ice cream… and lays potato chips. (Awesome combination and a great emotional cure all.)  I am still…

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  • Geeked!!

    What God wants… Happy 2017! I have committed to living a better life…no resolutions. Great things happening this morning, Wednesday, January 4 has led to a shift in perspective. Although I am able to encourage others (not just shoot off cliches) I find myself in the “dumps” quite often. Early morning I receive a text…

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  • When Faith does not Fit: My 2016 in Review

    My family circle grew–first grand baby girl; oldest son engaged–new daughter. Blessings!  Two more courses in my Master’s program to complete. Blessed! Graduation and exams loom. Smh, I am already looking at doctorate programs. Yet, I think I will sit down for a minute. My professors, mentors consistently support my educational goals. They, PhD holders…

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  • Lion’s Den and the vulnerability of Belief

    God walks before us. He never plays catch up. As so many things fall away, as our fears are presented to us daily in different ways we should be able to “see” more of whom God is. It is during the midnight hours, the darkest moments in my life that I can hear, “see”, and…

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  • Letting go….

    It is okay. To let go of what you wanted to happen. There is so much more when you do. I ask that you not lose focus in wanting to want….all will happen in ways greater than you wished. When the most difficult is happening deal with your now, do not push away; it all…

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