Life on Pursuit

       I once heard someone say that we are like trees and when we get born-again (the term used to describe someone who is baptized) we are watered with this new water but we still have to work on removing all the bad fruits so that it will not affect the good. After I got baptized, I had the foundation of my faith but I was finding myself backsliding because I still did not have a true relationship with God, which limited God from truly working on me and helping me let go of  my old self. I only knew God religiously, which is what I would call the surface level; I would go to church, pray and sometimes read the bible but it all felt routine and disconnected. I needed something more from God and He needed something more from me, which I later on realized, and what God wanted was my heart. The first commandment is to "love thy God with your whole heart and from your whole soul and your whole mind and your whole strength" (Matthew 12:30); God wanted me to follow ...

" You were not kidding when you said this path is narrow; choosing to follow you is not easy but what keeps me going is knowing it will all be so worth it in the end" (me). When I was a little girl I remember being at church all the time because my mom was on the church choir. She would go to choir practice multiple times throughout the week or weekend and would always take me with her. We would go to church twice in one day on Sundays for morning and evening services; we practically lived there, church was our life and it was all I knew.       Although I grew up in the church and had a church family, I felt like a black sheep. I knew about God and I would see people being filled with the holy spirit and baptized but I always felt like I was a spectator looking in from the outside. I went to church because I had to and when I did I never really paid much attention to the preaching but at the end of every service the bishop would say something like, "if your not saved...

                  In this season The tree stands alone  Its branches spread out Some cracked and some old While some of the leaves Wither and die Their time running out Their time to say goodbye The tree stands alone Not wanting to let go Of the seasonal foliage  That's lived out its time The branches must drop The leaves have to leave And all the tree's clinging  Can't prevent what will be The tree stands  With new leaves and new branches  Lively and well They come and they go The tree--- Roots will never go away  As time goes on They will always be constant They will always stay the same ©      ~ Star Latty

Wrap me in your arms Where I will abide  Closer to your love  Pure and light  Ascending like a dove  Like a starving child I cling to you Overwhelm me with the heavens above  I want more of you, Take all of  me...     You said two is better than one  So let us be two in one One body One mind One soul One spirit One heartbeat Binding with your covenant Strung together by a three-headed cord Standing strong, you hold us up No one can break up what you put together No one can separate us from your love ©      ~ Star Latty Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 King James Version 9 Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their labour. 10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow but woe to him that is alone when he falleth for he hath not another to help him up.  11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat but how can one be warm alone? 12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him and a three...

Another year has gone by and boy has it been a big year of change, bad and good... Your probably wondering how could there be any good that has come out of the past year but trust me when I say that light shines through darkness and you can always find the good even in the bad. Yes,  2020 was a year of despair and fear but it was also a year of reflection and deliverance (at least for me). It  was definitely a year of change. A change that was uncomfortable and unsettling. A change that has led a lot of us to stop and reflect on our lives. A change that has been "a wake up call," as it showed us that we are not in control. Most importantly, it has been a change that involuntarily and voluntarily changed us. 2020 was by far the hardest year for me, for all of us, mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually and that's a lot "ly's"  for anyone to handle but by God's mercy and grace I've made and keep making it through day by day. Nonetheless and w...

Transition    Lord break forth waters out of deserted land Where it's dry and weary Quench the thirst of my soul Create rivers out of swelling eyes As tiny crystals escape Capture it in your bottle for keepsake Are they not in your book? Lead me in the way I should go Make the crooked path straight You make a way out of no way You order my steps Guiding me through the wilderness A lantern at my feet My heart you well keep Bringing me to the other side To my love where I will abide Hidden, in your Holy Matrimony Happy New Year! ©      ~ Star Latty

Merry Belated Christmas everyone! I have reached my 30th blog, this calls for a celebration! Looking back at when I started I never knew what direction this blog would end up in but when I tell you how God just took over and provided me with the content, it is truly amazing! I'm telling you when you are really working in your gifting things in your life will start to flow easily and you will start to prosper in that area. This was one of the lessons I taught the youth at my church one Friday evening at Youth Night and now I'm telling you guys! I want each and everyone of us (including myself) to start living out our full potential and it is only by the grace of God and discovering what is given to us is when we will be able to live a successful and purpose-filled life. My Pastor once said in one of his sermons that there is no life, destiny, future that will ever be greater than the level of grace that is given to you. Our capacity cannot be greater than the grace given to us b...