The world is so unbelievably noisy.  So many messages, so much advice.  We can get turned around so easily.  We are so busy living and going about our daily lives that we sometimes loose sight of the promises of God. To wait is to stay where you are or to delay action until a particular time or until something else happens. It is a place where most of us do not like to be.  We do not like to wait because there is so much anxiety and anticipation as to what might happen.  Guess what? We cannot control what is to come.  We can, however ..read more

Time with Jesus in worship is a time of surrender that I simply could not live without.  I raise my hands and release everything that is weighing me down in that moment without having to say a word, because He already knows.  The peace found in the act of worship is as necessary to me as breathing. Jesus is the one whom I spend time with and allow to pour into me everything I need to live.  He knows it all. He knows everything about you and me. The good, the bad and the ugly. There is no hiding from Him.  There is no place we can hide that His love will not find us.  ..read more

Life is unpredictable and can change in a moment, but what I know for sure is that God is in control of everything.  Everything that we go through is for a purpose.  Many do not like that fact and would argue that if God loves us He would not allow us to suffer or experience any negativity in life,  in any way. But suffering is a part of life, and the lens through which we look at life is critical in how we view and ultimately engage with and endure, suffering. Many of us go through difficult trials.  Some of us have very private struggles that are concealed.  Some ha ..read more

It has been a difficult year so far for me, but through it all God has been so faithful.  Anthony passed away on New Year’s day.  It was tragic.  To see our girls in pain after the loss of their father was excruciating.  If I could have taken their pain away I would have, but I couldn’t.  Some things you cannot get around or over, you have to go through.  To see our daughter’s activate their faith during this hard trial has been a comfort to me.  Knowing that God is slowly healing the hurt as only He can and our girls knowin ..read more

I cannot believe that we are in the Christmas season already!  This year has been fraught with Covid 19 and the collective challenges as a result.  While nothing new, our country has been overtly divided around race and justice, more so than I have seen in my lifetime.  We are at odds with our neighbor over everything and there seems to be divisive discourse at every turn.  We are even debating topics such as forgiveness, hope peace and love.  It is a troubling time to say the least. People continually state that they just want to make it out of 2020.  While I un ..read more

Engaging in time with God daily is the highest form of self care for me.  It is the time where I can just be Marsha.  Open, honest and completely transparent.  Having a specifically purposed time set aside to connect with God in worship and the study of His word is life sustaining.  When you study His word and write the contents of it on your heart, you are building up a storage so that when trouble comes, when those hard trials hit, you will have the tools and the strength to endure. Pray Read Scribe Worship - My Devotion Routine I prefer engaging in my devotion time in t ..read more

“At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come” Sickness and death has permeated the world both literally and figuratively.  The physical sickness of Covid and cancer to the sickness of racism, misogyny and bigotry.  Physical death du ..read more

Hey y'all! I sat down with recording artist, author and founder of Beautiful I Am Foundation, Kimberly Douglas.  Beautiful I Am is a non-profit organization geared towards the value, and worth of young women. We had a conversation surrounding self love.  I pray it blesses you! You can learn more about Beautiful I Am at: www.beautifuliam.org ..read more

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Medical experts have told us that wearing a mask and minimizing contact with others will greatly impact the country’s effort to reduce the spread of Covid 19.  There has been a movement in this country submitting that the suggestion and enforcement of mask wearing in public spaces is an infringement on their rights.   When I first saw this I was dumbfounded.  I am not a  medical expert but it made perfect sense to me that the wearing of a mask would reduce the spread of the virus.  After all, medical professionals wear PPE which includes masks, gloves and gowns for th ..read more